Righteousness
idea · 2 works · 3 mentions · 4 anchored passages
righteousness · more righteous · righteous
in the texts
Stromata
The virtue of righteousness, attributed variously to barbarian peoples, mythological teachers, and scriptural wisdom.
And Hermippus of Berytus calls Chiron the Centaur "wise," concerning whom the author of the Titanomachy too says that he was the first to lead the race of mortals into righteousness, by showing oaths and glad sacrifices and the figures of Olympus.
And Hellanicus relates that the Hyperboreans dwell beyond the Rhipaean mountains, and are taught righteousness, not eating flesh but using acorns and the like;
"He who sows righteousness works faith.
Symposium
Moral quality debated in relation to money, the soul, gratitude, and crime avoidance.
Where do you think men harbour their righteousness, Callias, in their souls or in their purses?
While I listen to your philosophical discussions of what righteousness is, I am all the time actually rendering men more righteous.
So you make their souls more righteous by putting money into their purses?