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... virtue as a mean between two extremes . ... 13. Since happiness is an activity of soul in accordance with perfect virtue , we must consider the nature of virtue ; for perhaps we shall thus see better the nature of happiness . The true ...
... virtue as a mean between two extremes . ... 13. Since happiness is an activity of soul in accordance with perfect virtue , we must consider the nature of virtue ; for perhaps we shall thus see better the nature of happiness . The true ...
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... virtue in the main owes both its birth and its growth to teaching ( for which reason it requires experience and time ) , while moral virtue comes about as a result of habit , whence also its name ethike is one that is formed by a slight ...
... virtue in the main owes both its birth and its growth to teaching ( for which reason it requires experience and time ) , while moral virtue comes about as a result of habit , whence also its name ethike is one that is formed by a slight ...
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... virtue is in respect of its genus . 6. We must , however , not only describe virtue as a state of character , but also say what sort of state it is . We may remark , then , that every virtue or excellence both brings into good con ...
... virtue is in respect of its genus . 6. We must , however , not only describe virtue as a state of character , but also say what sort of state it is . We may remark , then , that every virtue or excellence both brings into good con ...
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Knowledge as recollection The divided line | 5 |
Causality Free Will and Determinism | 31 |
A defense of necessary connection | 40 |
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