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Hristina Pereska
Aristotle's Table of Virtues: The Means Between Extremes. The meaning of : Rashness Temperance Prodigality Pettiness Munificence Humble-mindedness High-mindedness Vaingloriness Irascibility Surliness Friendly Civility Obsequiousness Ironical Depreciation Boastfulness Boorishness Buffoonery Modesty Bashfulness Callousness Just Resentment Spitefulness
7 mars 2015 15:03
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This is a huge job for anyone, Hristina. There are numerous online dictionaries which would do a better job of giving simple definitions than we would. If you have some more specific queries on the meaning or usage of particular words, I, and probably others too, will try to help.
7 mars 2015
To understand this more easily, it is better to move beyond the realm of "virtues" and into the realm of general identities. #1 Consider any dichotomy (pairing of opposites). White / Black Hot / Cold Good / Evil These are the Extremes. Now find the Middle or "Mean Value". Those would be GRAY, WARM, and INDIFFERENT These express the basics of Aristotle's Three Laws of Logic which are The Law of Identity, The Law of Non-Contradiction, The Law of the Excluded Middle (Mean)
7 mars 2015
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