Work
On the Virtues and the Vices
The systematic framework of virtue and vice
John of Damaskos organizes and classifies the virtues and vices with characteristic precision, drawing on the entire preceding tradition. The text functions as a reference work — a map of the moral and spiritual life arranged with scholastic clarity. More useful for consultation than for continuous reading. When you encounter a term or concept in other Philokalic texts and want to know where it fits in the larger framework, come here.