The Aristotelian Idea of Virtue as a Mean Between Extremes

In Judaism, the virtuous man often seems to be one whose character traits are extreme, rather than moderate. Maimonides obviously doesn't want to deny that they are admirable, but neither can he plausibly portray them as illustrating Aristotle's doctrine of the mean. As a good Aristotelian he knows that the solution to a problem with Aristotle is always more Aristotle.