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Y Monday, February 26, 2007Y
11:13 PM
Truth

Truth is a relation which holds (1) between the knower and the known -- Logical Truth; (2) between the knower and the outward expression which he gives to his knowledge -- Moral Truth; and (3) between the thing itself, as it exists, and the idea of it, as conceived by God -- Ontological Truth. In each case this relation is, according to the Scholastic theory, one of correspondence, conformity, or agreement(adoequatio) (St. Thomas, Summa I:21:2)

Y Monday, February 12, 2007Y
7:44 PM
Love

Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. [John 15:13]

If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. If I give all I possess to the poor and surrender my body to the flames, but have not love I gain nothing. Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always perseveres. Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away ...And now these things remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love. [Corinthians 13:1-8, 13]

Y Wednesday, February 7, 2007Y
1:35 AM









Justice, or a condition thereof, is a philosophical concept attempting to describe an ideal state of humanity: a morally -correct state of things and people. Whether this ideal is attainable, or perhaps desirable, is an open question. According many theories of justice, it is overwhelmingly important. Justice is the first virtue of social institutions, as truth is of systems of thought.



1:30 AM

Integrity

Integrity comprises the personal inner sense of "wholeness" deriving from honesty and consistent uprightness of character. Integrity is like honesty. An example of having integrity is not to lie, to cheat. Integrity is one of the most important and oft-cited of virtue terms. It is also perhaps the most puzzling. For example, while it is sometimes used virtually synonymously with ‘moral,’ we also at times distinguish acting morally from acting with integrity. Persons of integrity may in fact act immorally—though they would usually not know they are acting immorally. Thus one may acknowledge a person to have integrity even though that person may hold importantly mistaken moral views.

1:13 AM

Freedom

Freedom is very important, not only to adults, it is also very important to children. I must say, without freedom, I will feel very frustrated, no one likes their parents every second and minute asking them what they are doing and barging into the room. Everyone needs their own privacy in doing their own things. I have my own personal experience of my mom asking, I know it is because they are concern, but it has became kind of like irritating, rather than concern. But having our freedom, we should not betray the trust of our parents like lying to them that we have remedials and we go out with our friends. With integrity and freedom, we will sure be happy!