natural virtues

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Some Renaissance thinkers praised the Indians as innocent “noble savages” whose natural virtues mocked the vices of civilized Christians, though exaggerated accounts of Indian innocence were as unrealistic as contrasting reports of Indian savagery.

From Textbooks • Jan. 18, 2018

Even Dr. Argure, and he is fearfully sound on the doctrine of total depravity, admits that there are some good traits about him, "natural virtues" he is careful to explain, not "saving graces."

From Laicus; Or, the Experiences of a Layman in a Country Parish. by Abbott, Lyman

The real difference between Paganism and Christianity is perfectly summed up in the difference between the pagan, or natural, virtues, and those three virtues of Christianity which the Church of Rome calls virtues of grace.

From Heretics by Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith)

It gave her something like the natural virtues of mountain coolness and ocean air.

From Fate Knocks at the Door A Novel by Comfort, Will Levington

When the cinnabar has given up its quicksilver, and thus lost the natural virtues that it previously had, it becomes soft in quality and its powers are feeble.

From The Ten Books on Architecture by Vitruvius Pollio