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Virtue and Excellence: Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics with Colin Redemer

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Aristotle's Moral Symbolism

If you're just trying to prevent yourself from going down the extremes of these different vices, is this not a recipe for a life of mediocrity? This is like the opposite of excellence. So he really does think you're aiming for virtues. And therefore, you need to mentally identify the virtues and then try to hit them.

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