magnificence
talking of money...
today I finished a painting. Its a diptych, two panels 1,83 metres by 0.907 meters.
I have name it Magnificence.
I was thinking of the virtue described by St. Thomas Aquinas whom I belive is worth quoting still almost a millenium later;
"The function of magnificence, as has been stated, is to attempt the achievement of some great work. But in order that any great work may be suitably performed, a proportionate outlay is needed, for great works cannot be undertaken without considerable spending..... This is why Aristotle says, the magnicient man from an equal outlay will achieve a more magnificent result...The chief act of virtue is the inner choice, which virtue can have without wealth or rank, and so even a poor man can be magnificent...."
Is this not a fitting description of the virtue of a social entrepreneur? Can we say that social entrepreneurs are magnificent?
today I finished a painting. Its a diptych, two panels 1,83 metres by 0.907 meters.
I have name it Magnificence.
I was thinking of the virtue described by St. Thomas Aquinas whom I belive is worth quoting still almost a millenium later;
"The function of magnificence, as has been stated, is to attempt the achievement of some great work. But in order that any great work may be suitably performed, a proportionate outlay is needed, for great works cannot be undertaken without considerable spending..... This is why Aristotle says, the magnicient man from an equal outlay will achieve a more magnificent result...The chief act of virtue is the inner choice, which virtue can have without wealth or rank, and so even a poor man can be magnificent...."
Is this not a fitting description of the virtue of a social entrepreneur? Can we say that social entrepreneurs are magnificent?
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