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Mock Modesty: Mock modesty is deficient
truthfulness. A character is mock modest who disclaims
or belittles what they have. Characters who
understate things seem more attractive compared
to boasters. Mock modest characters are considered
to speak not for gain but to avoid parade. Mock
modest characters disclaim qualities that bring reputation.
Characters who disclaim trifling and obvious
qualities are called ‘humbugs.’ Sometimes disclaiming
obvious qualities is considered to be boastfulness,
though it is actually mock modesty.
Boorishness: Boorishness is deficient readywittedness.
A character is boorish who can neither
make a joke themselves nor tolerate those who do
are thought to be boorish and unpolished. The boor
is useless for such social intercourse. A boor contributes
nothing and finds fault with everything. Relaxation
and amusement are thought to be a necessary
element in life, and boorish characters lack these
qualities.
Quarrelsomeness and Surliness: Quarrelsomeness
and surliness are deficient friendliness. A
character is quarrelsome or surly who opposes everything
and does not care about giving pain. Quarrelsome
and surly characters are also called churlish
and contentious.
Shamelessness (GE): Shamelessness is
deficient modesty. A character is shameless who
does not admire or despise others, and lacks feeling
a sort of pain and agitation concerning immoralities,
whether past, present, or future. For example,
a shameless female character may provide services
of the body or engaging in shameful actions. A
shameless male character may physically violate others.
Spite: Spite is deficient righteous indignation.
A character is spiteful who is an impediment
to the wishes of another character. A spiteful character
does not impede another to get anything for
themselves, but to prevent the other from getting
anything. Since, then, there is no gain for themselves,
a spiteful character belittles the other.
Unambitiousness: Unambitiousness is a
deficiency of the unnamed balance. A character is
unambitious who is unwilling to be honored, even
for noble reasons.
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Dimensions of Immorality (excess):
Confidence: Confidence or rashness is excessive
courage. Rash characters are usually boastful,
only pretending to have courage. Rash characters
hope to appear courageous to others regarding
terrible things. Therefore, rash characters usually
imitate courageous characters. Rash characters wish
for dangers beforehand, but withdraw during danger,
while courageous characters are keen in the moment
of action, but quiet beforehand. Sanguine
characters, for example, are confident in danger only
because they have conquered often and against many
foes, thinking they are strongest and can suffer nothing.
Yet they closely resemble courageous characters,
because both are confident. Drunken characters
also behave in this way; they become sanguine.
Self-Indulgence (GE): Self-indulgence is
excessive temperance. Self-indulgent characters
enjoy the pleasures of taste and touch more than
they should. Usually, a self-indulgent character prefers
these pleasures to all others. It is presumed
that few characters have immoral appetites, but if
they do, then most are excessive. It is considered
immoral to eat or drink more than is required to
replenish the body of a character. The self-indulgent
character is more pained than others at not
getting pleasure. Their pain is caused by a lack of
pleasure. The self-indulgent character craves pleasure,
and their appetite will cause them to choose
pleasure over all other things. Self-indulgent faults
are considered childish, since children live at the beck
and call of appetite, and it is in them that the desire
is strongest for pleasure of the senses. Otherwise,
self-indulgent characters are often compared to animals
and called brutish, because the pleasures of
taste and touch are the highest form of pleasure for
animals.
TE.ODEO
I hate you.
Chapter 4: Disposition