#Virtue
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Stoicism Isn’t Pessimistic. It’s Boldly Optimistic
The article argues that Stoicism treats obstacles as chances to practice virtue, stay rational, and turn setbacks into useful action, as shown by Marcus Aurelius, Rockefeller, Eisenhower, and Edison.
Francis Bacon on Beauty
Bacon argues that beauty is tied to virtue, decent motion, and a proportion that resists full pictorial capture. He also treats beauty as fleeting, strongest when it lets virtue shine.