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''See also:'' [[Courage]] and [[Mental toughness]] and [[Psychological resilience]] and [[Virtue]] and [[Purpose]]
''See also:'' [[Courage]] and [[Mental toughness]] and [[Psychological resilience]] and [[Virtue]] and [[Purpose]]
The article ''The Manly [[Virtue]] of Magnanimity'' notes:
The article ''The Manly [[Virtue]] of Magnanimity'' notes:
{{Cquote|The title of this article calls magnanimity a “manly virtue.” By that, I don’t mean that magnanimity is unique to men or that women are not also called to this trait. After all, Witherspoon calls it a Christian virtue. But I do think magnanimity is a virtue particularly befitting to manhood, and that manhood bereft of magnanimity is especially lamentable. When the [[Apostle Paul]] enjoined the Corinthians to be strong, to stand firm in the [[faith]], and to “act like men” (1 Corinthians 16:13), he was calling men and women to courage, but he was also embracing the notion that fortitude in the face of opposition is what we associate with manliness.
{{Cquote|The title of this article calls magnanimity a “manly virtue.” By that, I don’t mean that magnanimity is unique to men or that women are not also called to this trait. After all, Witherspoon calls it a Christian virtue. But I do think magnanimity is a virtue particularly befitting to manhood, and that manhood bereft of magnanimity is especially lamentable. When the [[Apostle Paul]] enjoined the Corinthians to be strong, to stand firm in the [[faith]], and to “act like men” (1 Corinthians 16:13), he was calling men and women to courage, but he was also embracing the notion that fortitude in the face of opposition is what we associate with manliness.