pusillanimity

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I answer that, Pusillanimity may be considered in three ways.

From Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province by Thomas, Aquinas, Saint

So argues retrospective Magnanimity: but Pusillanimity, present, prospective?

From The French Revolution by Carlyle, Thomas

Pusillanimity, 1084; as incentive to envy, 1330; vice against greatness of soul, 2451 a.

From Moral Theology A Complete Course Based on St. Thomas Aquinas and the Best Modern Authorities by Callan, Charles Jerome

And therefore much Laughter at the defects of others is a signe of Pusillanimity.

From Leviathan by Hobbes, Thomas

Pusillanimity and fear she refuses with a beautiful scorn.

From Rough-Hewn by Canfield, Dorothy