When Theias shot an arrow into the tree â or when a boar used its tusks to rend the tree's bark â Adonis was born from the tree. This myth fits both Adonis' nature as a vegetation god and his origins from the hot foreign desert lands where the myrrh tree grew.
intrinsic. adj. 1. of or relating to the essential nature of a thing; inherent. 2. (Anatomy) anatomy situated within or peculiar to a part: intrinsic muscles. [C15: from Late Latin intrinsecus from Latin, inwardly, from intrÄ within + secus alongside; related to sequÄ« to follow].
The moral virtues are attitudes, dispositions, and good habits that govern one's actions, passions, and conduct according to reason; and are acquired by human effort. Immanuel Kant said, Virtue is the moral strength of the will in obeying the dictates of duty. The cardinal virtues are prudence, justice, fortitude, and temperance.