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Michael Schur on the Virtuous Life and Humor in Philosophy | It’s Pointing Right At You

The Daily Stoic

CHAPTER

The Mean of Every Virtue Is a Moving Target

"There is a mean, and there's a perfect amount of every virtue that you need to attain," aristotle says. "And our goal is to spend our entire lives, every waking minute of our lives, finding, chasing and finding that perfect amount." The idea is like, some, but not too much,. It's an absolutely moving target, as all the virtues are, right? ... You're essentially never going to get there, because i don't even know where there is", he adds.

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