One's now edge and practice of the following abstract concept words manifests his spiritual, rational, or sensual nature. In terms of rational judgement, these "virtue words" manifest the changing trinity of values in a civilization.
Words in the first column manifest spiritual, altruistic goodness, and are best for social morality and unity. Words in the second column manifest rational cooperative moderation and judgement, and are best for self-control and group freedom. Words in the third column manifest selfish sensual pleasure; excesses, vices, or what is "evil" and disintegrating in terms of those who are dominantly spiritual or rational. They are "bad" in terms of the spiritual and rational who believe in the first two columns, although they may be "good" for the sensual and those who believe in individual freedom.
To gain one set of values, in balance is to lose the other two sets. Thus the Modern sensual age tends to eliminate spiritual-rational words which describe pleasures and luxuries as being "bad". And as tolerance of "evil" increases in a sensual age, and as more practice it, most words used to describe "evil" tend to be eliminated. This leads to a reversal of values and meanings, then to no-meaning. This leads to a non-spiritual, non-rational, non-sensual, non-moral, non-verbal "Dark Age" of no-values.
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SPIRITUAL ——————> RATIONAL ——————> SENSUAL
(MEDIEVAL) (RENAISSANCE) (MODERN)
Agreeable Acquiescent Disagreeable
Altruistic Idealistic Conceited
Allegiance Loyalty Traitorous
Angelic Manly Devilish
Ascetic Temperistic Hedonistic
Aspiring Fulfilling Despairing
Benevolent Kind Avaricious
Blessed Good Wicked
Careful Cautious Reckless
Character Personality Popularity
Chastity Modesty Lewdness
Chivalrous Gallant Rude
Christian Humane Selfish
Companion Compatriot Comrade
Compassionate Sympathetic Unsympathetic
Conscientious Industrious Lazy
Considerate Understanding Inconsiderate
Cordial Harmonious Uncordial
Courteous Polite Impolite
Credulous Skeptical Cynical
Dignified Poised Clumsy
Deficient Moderate Excessive
Disciplined Self-disciplined Undisciplined
Discriminating Judging Indiscriminate
Divine Human Beastly
Faithful Loyal Unfaithful
Frugality Temperance Prodigality
Godlike Human Satanic
Good Fair Evil
Good-mannered Well-mannered Ill-mannered
Grateful Appreciative Ungrateful
Heroic Courageous Fearful
Honesty Discretion Dishonesty
Honored Gloried Dishonored
Humility Pride Arrogance
Innocence Modesty Sinful
Intolerant Tolerant Bigoted
Kind Humane Unkind
Love Romance Sex
Loving Friendly Hateful
Meditative Contemplative Lustful
Moral Amoral Immoral
Mystical Humanistic Mechanistic
Noble Proud Ignoble
Obedient Cooperative Rebellious
Orderly Well-ordered Disorderly
Passionate Sober Apathetic
Patience Discretion Impatience
Pious Patriotic Individualistic
Pity Sympathy Mockery
Purity Cleanliness Impurity
Reactionary Moderate Radical
Respectful Self-respecting Disrespectful
Responsible Self-responsible Irresponsible
Sanctify Rationalize Desecrate
Saintly Refined Roguish
Sentimental Sympathetic Unfeeling
Sincerity Honesty Insincerity
Self-conscious Conscious Unconscious
Self-denial Self-control Self-gratification
Self-deprecating Self-fulfilling Self-indulgent
Self-humiliating Humbled Boastful
Self-sacrificing Self-satisfying Self-concerned
Sacred Artistic Sacrilegious
Servant Cooperative Uncooperative
Shameful Guilty Pleasant
Sinful Unethical Illegal
Sociable Congenial Unsociable
Subordinate Protocol Insubordinate
Theistic Agnostic Atheistic
Trustworthy Reliable Untrustworthy
Truthful Discrete Lying
Tyranny Freedom Anarchy
Upgrading Stable Degrading
Upright Righteous Downright
Valor Bravery Cowardice
Veneration Respect Disrespect
Virginity Chastity Impurity
Virtue Vanity Vulgarity
Wise Scholarly Knowledgeable
Wisdom Sagacity Cleverness
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