The [[word]] [[piety]] comes from the [[Latin]] word pietas, the noun form of the adjective pius (which means "devout" or "[[good]]"). Pietas in [[traditional]] Latin usage [[expressed]] a [[complex]], highly valued [[Roman]] [[virtue]]; a man with pietas respected his [[responsibilities]] to other people, [[gods]] and [[entities]] (such as the [[state]]), and [[understood]] his place in [[society]] with [[respect]] to others. That doesn't mean others will [[understand]] it. Iits strictest sense it was the sort of [[love]] a son ought to have for his [[father]]. | The [[word]] [[piety]] comes from the [[Latin]] word pietas, the noun form of the adjective pius (which means "devout" or "[[good]]"). Pietas in [[traditional]] Latin usage [[expressed]] a [[complex]], highly valued [[Roman]] [[virtue]]; a man with pietas respected his [[responsibilities]] to other people, [[gods]] and [[entities]] (such as the [[state]]), and [[understood]] his place in [[society]] with [[respect]] to others. That doesn't mean others will [[understand]] it. Iits strictest sense it was the sort of [[love]] a son ought to have for his [[father]]. |