St Peter of Damascus | Each virtue lies between two unnatural passions.

Each virtue lies between two unnatural passions.
Moral judgment lies between craftiness and thoughtlessness; 

- self-restraint, between obduracy and licentiousness; 
- courage, between overbearingness and cowardice; 
- justice between over-frugality and greed.


The four virtues constitute an image of the heavenly man, while the eight unnatural passions constitute an image of the earthly man (cf. 1 Cor. 15:49).

St Peter of Damascus