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Magnanimity is a Virtue for the 21st Century

January 16, 2023

Magnanimity is a virtue that means “greatness of soul.” It means aspiring to greatness but doing so with humility, with a willingness to suffer and with a willingness to serve. Our culture celebrates both prideful vain ambition and the acceptance of mediocrity. Both of these are flawed. Ambition for the sake of recognition is hollow. […]

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Can You Ever Be Too Ambitious?

December 19, 2022

Ambition is often touted as a good thing, so it’s hard to think that too much ambition would be a problem. But can you ever be too ambitious? The answer is yes. Ambition in excess is not a healthy state. In fact, the great philosopher and theologian Thomas Aquinas goes so far as to call

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