Noun
The
idea
of
all
that
is
good
or
excellent
(
in
every
sense
of
those
terms
)
in
a
human
being
,
collectively
instantiated
by
a
varying
number
of
human
traits
known
as
"
the
virtues
",
the
enumeration
of
which
vary
by
the
many
virtue
systems
which
have
developed
within
different
cultures
,
religions
,
and
historical
periods
.