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Socrates Tells Al-Sibati, Don't Do It
Al-Sibati is often brought up as an example of Socrates' failure, right? But I don't think that's quite fair because Socrates actually tells him not to do it. He does have certain kinds of excellences, but the ones that he's missing are the mortal ones. The word virtue in Greek is arrette, which just means generally speaking excellence.