Welcome to the Scottish right Journal podcast an audio presentation of the Scottish right Journal brought to you by the Supreme Council of the Scottish right Southern jurisdiction mother Supreme Council of the world this week’s article is the cardinal virtue of Fortitude by brother Mark dryson stock 33rd degree and comes from the November
December 2023 issue of the Scottish right Journal this article begins a four-part series on the four cardinal virtues well-known to Masons Temperance fortitude prudence and Justice the topic at hand in this issue is fortitude which is addressed as one of the key moral topics in the first degree of Entered
Apprentice in the Contemporary World fortitude is sometimes thought of as simple endurance Masons however also understand in its older and Fuller meaning with which sees it as a form of courage and contains both physical and spiritual aspects in his article fortitude in the September 1947 New Age
Magazine as the Scottish W Journal was then known the author only identified as H rights fortitude is regarded by symbolic lodges as one of the cardinal virtues fortitude we learn is that Noble and steady purpose of the mind whereby we are enable to undergo any pain Peril or danger when prudently deemed
Expedient this virtue is equally distant from rashness and cowardness and like the former should be deeply unpressed upon the mind of every Mason in suggesting that fortitude occupies a middle ground between rashness and cowardice these words hearken back to Aristotle who in his nicoman ethics urged fortitude as a
Golden mean between full hardiness on the one hand and cowardice on the other similarly writing only a month later in the October 1947 New Age CI MC reyolds 32nd degree of Tucson Arizona expands on the definition of Fortitude by referencing the Roman Statesman and philosopher Cicero Cicero’s fortitude includes Courage self-command the scorn
Of Fortune and All Temporary facilities the last term we might translate today as meaning trendy opinions fortitude and the other cardinal virtues writes Albert Pike in the first-degree lecture to morals and Dogma are as necessary to Nations as to individuals bringing this discussion of fortitude into the Civic
Arena for some Masons who have put pen to paper on this subject fortitude is a virtue beyond the ethics of practical worldly or even patriotic action spiritual vision inspires fortitude writes Swami premanand 33 third degree one-time master of evangelist chapter Rose Croy Washington D.C and his book 101 Noble qualities fortitude is the
Power of endurance it is the Invincible strength of our inner self the writer continues whether we view fortitude in terms of Aristotelian virtue ethics an everyday code to square our actions civic duty to and the character of a nation state or a path towards spiritual vision it is clearly one of the most
Important lessons of craft masonry May each of us nourish and polish the quintessential fir Stone of character that is fortitude like and share this article and don’t forget to subscribe to the channel if you wish to comment please leave one and as a reminder hit the notifications Bell any accompanying
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