Greek Temple from Xanthos

Amorella here. This was taken at the British Museum two years ago. I chose this to demonstrate a fact about spiritual qualities, orndorff.

(I understood this after a minute or so.) Reason and Dignity. Both are identifiable in this photograph (at least to me).  I had never considered seeing either quality in a picture before.

It makes sense, you see, that the Dead would fear losing Reason and Dignity in the Rebellion. If all fell into Oblivion, then it would make no difference as no consciousness would exist – a dreamless sleep without a sense of being or having been.

The heroes of the Rebellion assumed, rightly, that they would not be sent to Tartarus because at that time they thought only the gods were punished there.

You wrote in the 4 December post:

 “I feel very limited in knowing what is the right thing to do, in terms of these writings.”

The five heartsansouls [the Heroes] most responsible were limited in knowing what the right thing to do was also. Returning to the 2 December posting two lines jumped out at you from Eliot’s Murder in the Cathedral:

“The last temptation is the greatest treason:

  To do the right deed for the wrong reason.”

This is the reason the seven deadly sins will be included in the story. Here is what you found in Wikipedia:

“The Seven Deadly Sins . . . is a classification of the most objectionable vices which has been used since early Christian times to educate and instruct followers . . . . The final version of the list consists of wrath, greed, sloth, pride, lust, envy, and gluttony.

The Catholic Church divided sin into two principal categories: ". . . the more severe [are the] "Capital" or Mortal sins. Mortal sins destroyed the life of grace, and created the threat of eternal damnation . . . .” - Wikipedia

All seven are Mortal sins in these next two books. The Catholic example is an arbitrary compromise because it is Medieval in origin and though centuries apart from Classical times people today can still easily understand the basics. I use the Vices in the following order from worst to least worst: Pride (inordinate self-esteem, disdainful or ostentatious behavior), Greed (selfish/excessive desire), Lust (craving/desire), Wrath (anger), Gluttony (excess in eating/drinking or in indulgences), Sloth (apathy/ laziness) and Envy (resentment).

Do I have these in the correct order, Amorella?

You do. I realize they are not the traditional order you would put them in, but these will better reflect the Vices of those early times in my book.

Do you want to sort out the seven Virtues presently?

These are the Virtues used in books four and five: Temperance (moderation), Prudence (self-discipline, good judgment, and caution), Fortitude (courage), Justice (fair dealing, right action), Holiness (a spiritual sense reinforced by acting humanely), Humility, and Charity (benevolent goodwill towards humanity).

Do you want them in a particular order?

In the books each Virtue is equal to another. What you found in Wikipedia will work well here:

"It is likely that Plato believed that virtue was, in fact, a single thing, and that this enumeration was created by others in order to better define virtue. In Protagoras and Meno, he states that the separate virtues can't exist independently, and offers as evidence the contradictions of acting with wisdom (prudence), yet in an unjust way, or acting with bravery (fortitude), yet without knowing (prudence).”

This works for the beginnings of the first human Rebellion in the Place of the Dead. These are the simple elements of morality in the human sense of good and evil.

You are a writer not a theologian. The characters honestly deal with issues that surround the events as they unfold. The Rebellion will be as a game of chess in temperament, i.e. intellectual aggression.

The Dead do not realize this as a fact, but it is impossible for chaos to exist in such a Place where the Dead exist. Chaos may exist in human minds individually and/or collectively but the Setting begins and ends with a Platonic capital.

This is interesting, Amorella. It allows me thought and consideration.

Really now, and who else would have come to such a elementary realization? – Amorella.

I am not most cognitively skilled on the block.

Yes, this is true. In some ways it is amazing what I have to work with.

Thanks, Amorella. I appreciate your honesty.

Yes, you do.