The Nature of Virtues: Charity

Its importance in Lit & Life

According to Thomas Aquinas Charity is symbolic of the friendship between Man and God. The view is that traditionally it involved ‘love of God, and love of man’ respectively, with the notion being that there is an element of piety to it along with something of the traditional virtue of ‘Pity’ to it of sorts. The notion of Charity is linked to love, and …