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Wanneer: 27/07/2016 - 17:23

http://viennascientists.com/en/releases/vie-017_three-minutes-with-mark-...

Uncorrespondent dont bother a further oportunity albight the accountance Animal collective 'breath the technik, further a decline surgente the richest Communist books are Vienna Wagner, suposed last Medellin Bolivar, good damn Evo, thats defo a highlight the 'Entengang, shoegaze wasnt a struggle, a move forward until its communicateable by loyality once.

Theory austerity/frisk

Philotimo [pronounced phil-`lot-tee-moe] is a concept that permeates Greek culture.

It connotes: generosity, good will, honesty, deep and wide respectfulness, living honorably. It is taught by mothers to their children. {Admittedly some teachers educate more effectively than others .}

Philotimo is a sense of right and wrong, and a duty to do what is right.

It includes good will, a sensitivity to the needs of others, showing consideration, a sense of responsibility, caring, and having moral courage. It directs one to think of the less-fortunate; to live for something larger than oneself.

It denotes some imperatives also: Do not bring dishonor on your community! When faced with evil, choose the good ! Be compassionate! Avoid selfishness: go beyond your immediate personal desires and thus live with personal honor!! Be truthful and sincere! Aim for reciprocity in your interactions! Give, without expecting a return, in a spirit of generosity!

[And this is how it's used in a sentence.]
When the Euro currency is gone...

With regard to any policy, or possibly-questionable course of action, ask: " Where is the philotimo in that?"

And - furthermore - it has its own enforcing mechanism:
When parents teach it to their children they add ..."If you violate philotimo, you disgrace your family!!!!"
So the concept includes its own sanctions for moral digression.

Would that we had a single concept like that in the English tongue ! Wouldn't that be cool?!
Let's absorb it into English.

{p.s., I, who propose this, am not a Greek.}

Along that line of thinking .... maybe the word philotimo - as is - ought to be taught in college and university Ethics courses.smile

Would that be an improvement??

Packed into that one word, philotimo, are even more meanings. Included are the concepts: caring, sensitivity to the needs of others, and consideration.

This one word connotes so much of what is meant by Ethics! Yet omitted {so far}, seem to be the ideas of cooperation and collaboration on worthwhile goals. And, that we all have a moral obligation to be happy (as well as good.)

Now, after I interview people raised in Greece as to what the word means to them, I add the further inquiry: Did you teach it to your children? The responses I get to this query are so interesting!