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Sincerity is the virtue of one who communicates and acts in accordance with the entirety of their feelings, beliefs, thoughts, and desires in a manner that is honest and genuine. [1] Sincerity in one's actions (as opposed to one's communications) may be called "earnestness".
L'Ingénu (US: / ˌ l ɑː n ʒ ə ˈ n uː / LAHN-zhə-NOO, UK: / ˈ l æ n ʒ eɪ nj uː / LAN-zhay-new, French:), sometimes subtitled The Sincere Huron in English, [1] is a satirical novella by the French philosopher Voltaire, published in 1767.
A writ whereby the king of England could command the justice of an eyre (a medieval form of circuit court) to permit an attorney to represent a person who is employed in the king's service and therefore cannot come in person. clarere audere gaudere [be] bright, daring, joyful: Motto of the Geal family. clausum fregit: he broke the enclosure
Honesty or truthfulness is a facet of moral character that connotes positive and virtuous attributes such as integrity, truthfulness, straightforwardness (including straightforwardness of conduct: earnestness), along with the absence of lying, cheating, theft, etc. Honesty also involves being trustworthy, loyal, fair, and sincere.
Marivaux does not present two sincere characters, only two people who wear the mask of sincerity. They believe straightforwardness is a quality, but only when it is a one-way action: they enjoy being sincere - in other words, saying what they think - when speaking of other people, but do not appreciate it when it is directed at them. [1]
However, he does use the short formula "to stay true to oneself" to characterize the modern ideal of authenticity and differentiates it from the older ideal of being a morally sincere person. Trilling draws on a wide range of literature in defense of his thesis, citing many of the key (and some more obscure) Western writers and thinkers of the ...
Sincerity, she says, is like water helping the tiny seeds of good works to grow, while hypocrisy is a cyclone that will sweep away the fields of one's labor. Principle 3: Dhikr (Recollection) The third principle, dhikr, or "recollection" of God is essential to both repentance and sincerity. ‘A’ishah begins her section on this pivotal topic ...
His philosophical teachings, called Confucianism, emphasized personal and governmental morality, harmonious social relationships, righteousness, kindness, sincerity, and a ruler's responsibilities to lead by virtue. [2] Confucius considered himself a transmitter for the values of earlier periods which he claimed had been abandoned in his time.