Symposium

Today, in humanities class, we had a symposium about the four cardinal virtues that are often associated with Socrates and Plato(Bravery, Knowledge, Patience, and Fairness). During that time, there was a point when we were asked,"what virtue would you add to the list." One of my fellow classmates mentioned commitment. That really struck a cord in me. He told everyone that you can't be virtuous without commitment. I thought about it. My classmate was right.

Commitment is a virtue to one who wishes to be virtuous. Without being commited to being virtous, you would stray to a path that is not so virtous. Commitment was needed to achieve all of the virtues that were on the list and were proposed to be in happiness. If you did not commit to be brave, you would be a coward. If you did not commit to be knowledgeable, you would be stupid. I personally think that my fellow classmate was right.