Word of the Day - Longanimity

[debodun]

Longanimity (noun) - patient endurance of hardship, injuries, or offense; forbearance.

In the Bible, Job is the quintessential example of longanimity.

 

[Paco Dennis]

St. Thomas Aquinas: Summa Theologica ​

"XLV. OF PATIENCE -- OF LONGANIMITY AND OF CONSTANCY

What is the essence of the virtue of patience?

The essence of patience consists in supporting, for the sake of the future life, all the troubles that come to us unceasingly in the present life, whether they be caused by life's own whims or by the actions of others in their dealings with us (CXXXVI. 1).

Is patience the same as longanimity and constancy?

No; for although all three help us to bear the miseries of this life, patience helps us to bear especially the troubles which come about daily in our dealings with others; whereas longanimity bears us up against those troubles which arise from the delay of the realization of something for which we have to wait; and constancy buoys us up against the troubles which we encounter in the struggle to do good (CXXXVI. 5)."

https://maritain.nd.edu/jmc/etext/catsum06.htm

 

[Ruthanne]

Nelson Mandala was a good example of suffering longanimity.