Are there any virtues relating to the virtue of fortitude in that they imitate the act or manner of acting of this virtue, but in matters of less difficulty?
Yes, and they are, on the one hand, magnanimity and I magnificence; and on the other, patience and perseverance (CXXVIII.).
In what are these two kinds of virtue distinguished?
In this, that the two first relate to fortitude by reason of an act which attacks what is most difficult and arduous; whereas the two others relate thereto by reason of an act which stands firm in presence of the greatest fear (CXXVIII.).
What is the proper object of magnanimity?
It is to strengthen one's soul in its effort to accomplish great acts in so far as great honours or great glory result therefrom (CXXIX. 1, 2).
Everything then that pertains to magnanimity is great?
Yes, all is great in this virtue; and it is the virtue par excellence of great souls.
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