Alexander of Hales Quotes on Virtue
Alexander of Hales was an English Franciscan theologian and the first holder of the Franciscan chair of theology at the University of Paris. This page collects quotes attributed to Alexander of Hales on the topic of virtue, drawn from across the philosopher's works.
Quotes
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Attributed to Alexander of Hales:
“Beauty, truth, and goodness are convertible aspects of being.”
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Attributed to Alexander of Hales:
“The will follows the intellect's apprehension of the good.”
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Attributed to Alexander of Hales:
“Poverty embraced for Christ is the gateway to true freedom.”
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“Are you still to learn that the end and perfection of our victories is to avoid the vices and infirmities of those whom we subdue?”
As quoted in Lives by Plutarch , as translated by Arthur Hugh Clough -
“For my part, I assure you, I had rather excel others in the knowledge of what is excellent, than in the extent of my power and dominion.”
Quoted by Plutarch in Life of Alexander from Plutarch's Lives as translated by John Dryden (1683) -
“What an excellent horse do they lose, for want of address and boldness to manage him! ... I could manage this horse better than others do.”
Statement upon seeing Bucephalas being led away as useless and beyond training, as quoted in Lives by Plutarch , as translated by Arthur Hugh Clough -
“Shall I pass by and leave you lying there because of the expedition you led against Greece, or shall I set you up again because of your magnanimity and your virtues in other respects?”
Pausing and addressing to a fallen statue of Xerxes the Great Plutarch . The age of Alexander: nine Greek lives . Penguin, 1977. p. 294