purgati

Updated: May 14, 2025

This is the Neo-Platonic description of the four virtues as politicae, purgatoriae, and purgati animi, according to the scale of elevation reached by the soul in its efforts to mount above sense. They are called by Thomas also exemplares, when regarded at once as the essence of the Deity, and as the models of human perfections.

Alexander Bain - Moral Science; a Compendium of Ethics