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

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

Although we maintain that such natural union with God is not enough for man, yet we insist that the part the natural virtues play in man's sanctification be recognized.

From Life of Father Hecker by Elliott, Walter

But natural virtues are not habits, but powers.

From Summa Theologica, Part I-II (Pars Prima Secundae) From the Complete American Edition by Thomas, Aquinas, Saint

As glory does not destroy our nature, neither does it destroy our natural virtues, but perfects them.

From The Happiness of Heaven By a Father of the Society of Jesus by Boudreaux, F. J.