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virtue's costume, worn loudly enough that everyone notices you're wearing it.
latin rootpietas meant duty to family and state first
roman virtueAeneas was called pius for obedience, not faith
socrates trapPlato's Euthyphro never defines it, on purpose
filial versionConfucian xiao demands devotion to living parents
weaponized wordoften praised loudest by the least sincere