3 of Forces: The Chair of Virtue
Only an alchemist or sibyl can sit on the three-legged chair.
The forces balance each other perfectly through the understanding of how to make them cancel. Without understanding the tension that keeps things stable is lost. Without sufficient strength the legs will break under stress. With understanding and strength comes virtue. But to use virtue one has to be balanced. There is some leeway for imbalance; otherwise it would be impossible to achieve virtue. But without placing one's centre of mass above the key spot and aiming one's forces inside the triangle the entire moral structure will come tumbling down.
"In medio consistit virtus", sagte der Teufel und sass zwichen zwei alten huren.
One can break apart the chair of virtue to create both three chairlegs of truth and the terrible nunchakus of moral. The act destroys virtue, but can unleash other ethical forces.
Synergy. Virtue. Balance.
3 of Forces: The Chair of Virtue
Only an alchemist or sibyl can sit on the three-legged chair.
The forces balance each other perfectly through the understanding of how to make them cancel. Without understanding the tension that keeps things stable is lost. Without sufficient strength the legs will break under stress. With understanding and strength comes virtue. But to use virtue one has to be balanced. There is some leeway for imbalance; otherwise it would be impossible to achieve virtue. But without placing one's centre of mass above the key spot and aiming one's forces inside the triangle the entire moral structure will come tumbling down.
"In medio consistit virtus", sagte der Teufel und sass zwichen zwei alten huren.
One can break apart the chair of virtue to create both three chairlegs of truth and the terrible nunchakus of moral. The act destroys virtue, but can unleash other ethical forces.
Synergy. Virtue. Balance.