The quest for eudaimonia
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The art of the golden mean
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The global legacy of virtue
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YOUR GOAL
Master of Aristotle and the good life
artiteacher Balance the slider between extremes to master Aristotle's sweet spot of virtue.
artiteacher The Golden Mean
Skip the extremes, find the sweet spot, live in the golden mean!
artiteacher Temperance means enjoying life's physical pleasures in moderation without becoming greedy.
Golden mean origin: The idea of balance was so popular in Greece that the temple of Apollo at Delphi bore the famous carved maxim 'Nothing in excess.'
artiteacher True courage requires balancing fear and confidence rather than ignoring them.
The desirable middle between two extremes, one of excess and the other of deficiency. Aristotle introduced this principle in the Nicomachean Ethics to define virtues like courage and temperance.
What virtue lies directly between the extremes of being stingy (under-giving) and being wasteful (over-giving)?
According to Aristotle, is the golden mean exactly the same mathematical middle for every single person?
What did Aristotle call the virtuous middle ground between the extremes of excess and deficiency?
Which vice represents the excess of courage, where a person takes unnecessary risks without fear?
In Aristotle's ethics, what is the coward's deficiency that prevents them from being courageous?
What Greek term did Aristotle use to refer to moral virtue or excellence of character?
What is the golden mean between being boastful and being overly self-deprecating (mock-modest)?
How did Aristotle describe the vice of 'insensibility' in relation to physical pleasures?