The path to greatness
Get the written version in your email inbox every morning by subscribing for free at TheVictorsCrown.com---The path to greatnessDeveloping virtue is a balancing act — finding the golden mean between two extremes.Take magnanimity and humility. On the surface, they look like opposites.A magnanimous person strives to do great things and is deserving of honor. That desire lives in all of us. Think of kids' daydreams about saving the day, being the hero. The desire for greatness is hardwired into us. That's magnanimity.Then St. Thomas Aquinas gives us this definition of humility: "It consists in…
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