The Four Cardinal Virtues of Wisdom, Justice, Temperance, and Courage are often linked to the “Three Pillars” of Stoicism: Logics, Ethics, and Physics. Logics and rational thought enables the virtue of (practical) wisdom to produce intelligent assent or rejection. Ethics and moral strivings condition the virtue of justice (and courage) to inform proper action or non-action. Physics and natural constraints temper the virtue of courage (and temperance) by proportionate or bounded desire or aversion.
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- Logics (Rational Domain): Assent for (practical) Wisdom
- Physics (Natural Domain): Desire for Courage and Temperance (restraint)
- Ethics (Moral Domain): Action for Justice
Note the mismatch between Four Cardinal Virtues and the Three Pillars. Some add Metaphysics to get Four Pillars, although what domain does it inform? (Supernatural? Speculative? Philosophical?) Also note my use of the term “Logics”. If the British can use the term “Maths” then I can certainly use “Logics,” because logic can now come in many different formulations.
Further Reading:
Disciplines, Fields, and Virtues: The Full Stoic System in One Neat Package
Images of Logics, Ethics, Physics:
https://www.google.com/search?q=logics+physics+ethics&tbm=isch
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