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Character and the Virtues

"Inner Medicine" by James Barton
My book "Inner Medicine" contains discoveries and original exercises which will dramatically increase your understanding of yourself and those around you. Rather than being slave to semiconscious impulses and irrational beliefs you will, more and more, manifest your limitless potential.

A Critique of "Inner Medicine" by the Author by James Barton
I have had a go at doing a critique of my original work: "Inner Medicine". Do you have any comments and criticisms about the work that you would like to share with me so that I can perhaps put it on my site?...email me.

The Character Work Station by James Barton
Experiment with my Character Work Station and deepen your understanding of the Virtues! Drag and Drop the Concepts to explore the relationships and create meaningful patterns.

Is VirtueScience compatible with your Beliefs? by James Barton
Does VirtueScience conflict with existing belief systems such as world Religions or is it in harmony with them?

Why Study the Virtues? by James Barton
My views on the subject that may inspire you to take up a more serious study of the virtues and contribute to the work of this site.

Is there a Foundation Virtue? by James Barton
An article in support of the VirtueScience principle that indicates the equality and mutual support of the virtues.

Principles by James Barton
Basic principles of VirtueScience.

The Famous Pooltable Example by James Barton
The VirtueScience concept that the opposite of every virtue is also a virtue clearly explained and illustrated with a diagram.

The Virtues and Vices: Natural Processes by James Barton
Discovering and studying new ways to heal and uplift character/ remove character flaws by noticing parallels in natural processes.

The Book of Virtue by James Barton
Presently just a collection of bits of advice on how to live a life of virtue.

Virtue List by James Barton
Clickable with definitions and quotes.

Vice List by James Barton
Clickable with definitions and quotes.

Randomly Generated Virtue Pairs by James Barton
This useful page displays a random pair of virtues apon every page refresh. Good for meditations and explorations of relationships between the virtues.

Virtues and Vices: Various Correspondences by James Barton
Classical attributions of the virtues to systems such as the zodiac although lacking conceptual rigour as they have come down to today may offer clues to lost wisdom of the distant past.

The Virtues of various traditions categorized by number by James Barton
A number of interesting virtue lists from around the world.

The Vices of various traditions categorized by number by James Barton
A number of interesting vice lists from around the world.

The Virtues and Vices: A VirtueScience Table by James Barton
An incomplete table showing the virtue pair pairs and their corresponding "lacks" or vices as they are more commonly known.

The Virtues: Various Traditions by James Barton
The virtues of Benjamin Franklin, The Jain qualities of giving, the biblical fruits of the Spirit etc.

Sayings and Proverbs by James Barton
A small number of sayings in tune with VirtueScience from enlightened minds.

Quotes Ancient and Modern Regarding Virtue by James Barton
A large number of famous quotes connected with virtue and character. I have tried to filter out what I consider misleading or negative quotes and tried to present the better ones.

Contemplation and Application of the Golden Rule by James Barton
An alphabetical list of examples of the Golden Rule in world scripture + a unique meditation based on the Golden Rule.

A One Page Questionaire about Character Improvement by James Barton


Character Improvement Questionaire Results. by James Barton


108 Techniques for Inner Healing and Personal Power by James Barton
108 techniques fo ultimate self transformation and character improvement.

Emotional Healing Meditations: Slowest--- 1 2 3 4 5 ---Fastest by James Barton
A combination of healing phrases and meditations which changes every time you refresh the page or auto refreshes at different speeds. Choose which refresh rate you want from the list above. A new Meditation appears every time the counter at the bottom of the page reaches zero. The subliminal page refreshes so fast to make it difficult for the conscious mind to keep up. Just relax and watch the screen. Your subconscious mind will take in the healing phrases for your benefit and highest good.

1008 Virtue Meditations by James Barton
A dynamic meditation based on the random permutations of a selected list of virtues and a crafted set of healing/empowering phrases.

A Commentary on the 1008 Virtue Meditations by James Barton
A more indepth look at he benefits of 1008 Virtue Meditations.

Randomly Generated Virtue Pairs by James Barton
This useful page displays a random pair of virtues apon every page refresh. Good for meditations and explorations of relationships between the virtues.

Public Domain

Nicomachean Ethics by Aristotle

Moral Science: A Compendium of Ethics by Alexander Bain

Character by Samuel Smiles

Virtue Related links
A number of interesting links concerned with emotional healing, character improvement, spirituality and non-dual realization.

Self Improvement Links
Self Improvement Links

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