Temperance is the self - control of a behavior among a variety of tastes, leading us to an excessive enjoyment of the pleasures of life that they entail; recreation, dressing, time dedicated to oneself such as sleeping, the way of speaking or even laughing, is called temperance that by moderating our actions we contemplate an inner life of calm of thought and peace.
According to Aristotle, it is one of the four cardinal virtues, which are: justice, prudence, strength and temperance, which is an active virtue that leads to action, moderating the uncontrolled attraction towards one or more more sensitive pleasures or acts., applying moderation or supreme self-control in their goods or gifts given by creation. It is widely used by Christian believers or by people who apply the spiritual, having self-control in themselves and that is linked to sanity and sobriety, avoiding the emotions that explode in anger or sexual passion, which thus leads to a life of disorder, without self-control, changing by consistent, reliable and orderly acts. In temperance we find three essential parts that are debated between what is considered correct and what is incorrect; as the integral that goes from shame to an honesty, the suggestive that combines life between total or partial abstinence such as chastity or perpetual virginity, the potential between anger and the rigorous to modesty in itself falling into a life of humility and decorum.
Temperance has as an objective and purpose to be within an order within the being, arising from the imposing tranquility of mind, which acting on the inner person is led to acts of improvement and reversing bad habits when putting it into daily practice That is why it is said that it is act or active, the beliefs of the ancients is that by not having this applaudable virtue, life was destroyed by the selfishness of man without a basis in love for God or for others.
