Resolutio Resolution By Genghis Sam Ganbold: An Analysis

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In Benjamin Franklin's The Autobiography. detailed his journey to Philadelphia and his method of his Thirteen Virtues. Franklin had made a catalog of certain traits that he considered to be at "moral perfection", while at his stay in Philadelphia, to "live without committing any fault at any time". Among these thirteen virtues, I, Genghis Sam Ganbold, consider Tranquility, Resolution, and Chastity to be favorable towards me. According to Benjamin Franklin, Tranquility can be yielded by "be not disturbed at trifles, or at accidents common or unavoidable". An example of this could be a quarrel with another body would end in a disastrous conclusion. The best way to void harm to both parties is that either one or the other assembly can choose to refuse any dispute that may come in between them, and no refusing to quarrel does not make you a "bigger man". …show more content…
Let's say we're working on an assembly line, and we all know how precise and productive those are. If one step out of a gross is incomplete, the product becomes incomplete as well, even though that one step does not ripple throughout the process. Chastity is best said to be "rarely use venery but for health or offspring, never to dullness, weakness, or the injury of your own or another's peace or reputation". In a modern society, a driving force behind commercialism and the "engineering of consent" is this crazy obsession over a recreational activity. I know the benefits of coitus, but it shouldn't be placed as an ultimate goal in a relationship, so for an example, a stud cannot live on heavy petting his whole life, if it only includes his golden age, and after that well... such an action can only be so generous, but just to be fair, I do have these tendencies and fantasies. While these virtues may not be the pillars of "moral perfectionist", it is for sure close being one, at least for me and the likeness of

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