### Discussion at [Sol 2014](/Sol_2014)
- Brandon: It would be nice to have 8 virtues to map onto the [Liturgical Seasons](/Liturgical_Seasons), maybe two each that fall under [Passion](/Passion), [Empathy](/Empathy), [Wisdom](/Wisdom), and something else like [Gratitude](/Gratitude)
- Then we could apply the Scientific or [Religious Method](/Religious_Method) to developing those virtues
- Ben: Would that involve hypotheses and controlled experiments?
- Ben: of the four that I added to the wiki, I think [Pragmatism](/Pragmatism) and [Perseverance](/Perseverance) count as virtues; less sure about [Creativity](/Creativity) and [Hope](/Hope)
- Brandon: We should be able to tell if something is a virtue using a fill-in-the-blank test, like “She has a __ character”
- Ben: “Pragmatic” works…I think
- Ben (March 2016): I don't know if "perseverent" is a word, but ["tenacious"](http://www.thinkwithportals.com/comic/#27) works
- Ben: I also like Altruism (which derives from Empathy)
- Brandon: It would be useful to look at lists of Greek and Catholic virtues, as well as the list from a quasi-scientific survey that tries to identify participants’ virtues
- Catholicism has Humility, Chastity, Charity, and Prudence, which is kind of like Pragmatism
- Ben: I like Humility, although I think it has to be balanced with something like Confidence to avoid being completely ineffective
- Brandon: I have very little Humility and would like to work on that
[ SolSeedVirtues](/Category:_SolSeedVirtues)