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Encyclopedia > Pious

Piety is a desire and willingness to perform religious duties. It is a traditional virtue because religion is the only known way to win the favor or forgiveness of deities, that is, to "propitiate" them.


See also: Virtue, filial piety


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PIOUS for PVM from Emory University (14-Mar-1996) (673 words)
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The PIOUS software is distributed under the terms of the GNU Library General Public License Version 2 (LGPL), as published by the Free Software Foundation, and is provided " as is " without any warranty.
Pious the Parrot (891 words)
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