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Help[Opinions] Re: Temperance
in reply to a message by Sparrow
I think the virtue of temperence is interesting and valuable, but I think it gets a bad rap for being tied to the Temperence movement, which was more about abstinence from alcohol rather than moderation. I would not use Prudence, Patience, or Temperence as names although I wouldn't mind using a name with those meanings.
Temperence according to Webster's:
- 1. Moderation; particularly, habitual moderation in regard to the indulgence of the natural appetites and passions; restrained or moderate indulgence;... temperance in eating and drinking is opposed to gluttony and drunkenness, and in other indulgences, to excess.
- 2. Patience; calmness; sedateness; moderation of passion.
Temperence according to Webster's:
- 1. Moderation; particularly, habitual moderation in regard to the indulgence of the natural appetites and passions; restrained or moderate indulgence;... temperance in eating and drinking is opposed to gluttony and drunkenness, and in other indulgences, to excess.
- 2. Patience; calmness; sedateness; moderation of passion.
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Yeah, I didn’t realize before seeing these comments how strongly tied to sobriety it was. I just think of it as balancing things and being level-headed and not extreme.
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