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December 11, 2005
The Italian Temper
Temperance, one of the five Hellenic virtues, one of the four Catholic virtues, and one of the five Buddhist precepts. It means to moderate, to grade highs and lows together in order to create evenness, unmodulated flatness.
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Detail of The Cardinal Virtues, Stanza della Segnatura (1511)
Posted by 1000monkeys on December 11, 2005 09:56 PM