Tag: Virtue
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Courage Is The Most Important Virtue For Our Time
In 2012, I argued, “The most important virtue for our time is courage.” Yesterday, I read Christopher Rufo’s manifesto, “New Right Activism,” in which he states, “The most important virtue of our time is courage.” Despite the fact that Rufo’s claim is situated within a particular political context–for him, it’s the New Right’s attempt to…
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Wandering babies in Topanga Canyon…
Early in Sense and Sensibility, Willoughby exuberantly proclaims that there is no place he would rather live than in a cottage and, in particular, in a cottage that in all respects resembles the one the Dashwoods have let. Eleanor replies–come, come now, dear Willoughby–that the hallways are dark and the quarters are cramped. Would he really…
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Who are the teachers of virtue and inquiry?
‘If virtue can be taught,’ Socrates asks time and time again, ‘then who are the teachers of virtue?’ Yesterday I argued: 1. If we are living through unsettled time, it follows that inquiring is the most important genre of discourse. 2. We are living through unsettled time. 3. So, inquiring is the most important genre.…
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Radiance in the key of graceful action
I define radiance as virtue manifested in the ‘keys’ of natural eloquence, a gentle demeanor, and graceful action and resonating throughout the entirety of one’s being (Episode 1. Manifestation Thesis). Dissonance is the name I use to designate the lack of harmony evinced when one has become naturally eloquent but lacks of gentle demeanor, etc.…
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Philosophical improv no. 1: Manifestation Thesis
In this short YouTube video, I explore the way in which radiance manifests itself. In my forthcoming book, Radiance: An Essay for Unsettled Time, I discuss the important connection between goodness and beauty.
Andrew Taggart, Ph.D. 