a.k.a. mildness, tenderness
Complementary virtues¶
- Often seems to be twinned with or even to be interchangeable with “meekness” in the Christian context, but I think of meekness as having a modest/humble/submissive component that gentleness doesn’t necessarily have.
- ahimsa/nonviolence, mercy, kindness, good temper
Contrasting vices¶
- carelessness
- severity
Virtues possibly in tension¶
TBD
How to acquire or strengthen it¶
TBD
Notes and links¶
- Etymology of “gentleman”?
- 7 habits of gentle people
- Wikiversity: Gentleness
Mentioned elsewhere¶
- One of the virtues discussed in Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics
Inspirational quotes¶
- “When death, the great Reconciler, has come, it is never our tenderness that we repent of, but our severity.” —George Eliot (Adam Bede)
