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  2. Temperance (virtue) - Wikipedia

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    VIII.39 He argues that temperance separates humans from animals, writing that: [I]t is the peculiar office of the rational and intelligent motion to circumscribe itself, and never to be overpowered either by the motion of the senses or the appetites, for both are animal; but the intelligent motion claims superiority and does not permit itself ...

  3. Temperance (tarot card) - Wikipedia

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    Temperance (XIV) from the Rider–Waite tarot deck. Temperance (XIV) is one of the 22 Major Arcana cards in Tarot decks. It is usually numbered 14. It depicts a figure which represents the virtue Temperance. Along with Justice and Strength, it is one of three Virtues which are given their own cards in traditional tarot. [1]

  4. Cardinal virtues - Wikipedia

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    Temperance [b] was most closely associated with the producing classes, the farmers and craftsmen, to moderate their animal appetites. Fortitude was assigned to the warrior class, to strengthen their fighting spirit. Prudence was assigned to the rulers, to guide their reason. Justice stood above these three to properly regulate the relations ...

  5. Seven virtues - Wikipedia

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    Prudentius, writing in the 5th century, was the first author to allegorically represent Christian morality as a struggle between seven sins and seven virtues. His poem Psychomachia depicts a battle between female personifications of virtues and vices, with each virtue confronting and defeating a particular vice. [ 9 ]

  6. Strength (tarot card) - Wikipedia

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    The Strength card was originally named Fortitude, and accompanies two of the other cardinal virtues in the Major Arcana: Temperance and Justice.. The older decks had two competing symbolisms: one featured a woman holding or breaking a stone pillar, and the other featured a person, either male or female, subduing a lion.

  7. List of national animals - Wikipedia

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    Ganges river dolphin (national aquatic animal) Platanista gangetica [32] Indian elephant (national heritage animal) Elephas maximus indicus [33] Indonesia: Komodo dragon (national animal) Varanus komodoensis [34] Javan hawk-eagle (national bird) Nisaetus bartelsi [34] Asian arowana (national fish) Scleropages formosus [34] Italy: Italian wolf ...

  8. Blue ribbon badge - Wikipedia

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    The blue ribbon badge was a symbol of the temperance movement in 19th century North America. The badge was created by Francis Murphy , 1836–1907, who was a chief advocate of the temperance movement in the United States and abroad in his generation.

  9. List of Illinois state symbols - Wikipedia

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    List of Illinois state symbols. 1 language. ... Animal: White-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) 5 ILCS 460/45 1982 [2] Artifact Pirogue: 5 ILCS 460/63 2017 [1]