Comments on: Virtue: a journey, or a home? http://www.virtue-quest.com/2009/12/virtue-a-journey-or-a-home/ A practical approach to the classical virtues Thu, 20 Oct 2011 01:16:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Amy http://www.virtue-quest.com/2009/12/virtue-a-journey-or-a-home/comment-page-1/#comment-59 Amy Thu, 24 Dec 2009 16:08:57 +0000 http://www.virtue-quest.com/?p=292#comment-59 I like the house analogy as well because it implies that you need a solid out of sight framework of some sort. A solid house is built on a solid foundation with a solid frame work (ie the cardinal virtues. You don't see these things in the finished house and people rarely get excited about it. (I marvel how many homeowners I've read completely ignored foundation cracks or inability to open windows, etc when buying homes and then were angry when they were "duped" about it.) People so often rush to build the fun stuff that the structure is glossed And yet it's impossible to build a welcoming home of any sort unless the "boring" stuff has been well built. I like the house analogy as well because it implies that you need a solid out of sight framework of some sort.

A solid house is built on a solid foundation with a solid frame work (ie the cardinal virtues. You don’t see these things in the finished house and people rarely get excited about it. (I marvel how many homeowners I’ve read completely ignored foundation cracks or inability to open windows, etc when buying homes and then were angry when they were “duped” about it.)

People so often rush to build the fun stuff that the structure is glossed And yet it’s impossible to build a welcoming home of any sort unless the “boring” stuff has been well built.

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