WISDOM, PIETY, AND SUPERHUMAN VIRTUE
This article moves between Aristotle, Maimonides, and the Stoics. Aristotle's moral taxonomy, outlined in NE 7.1, appears problematic, given his view that, in the sphere of moral virtue, the intermediate (temperance, courage) is the extreme, and there is no excess of temperance or courage. This...
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520 | 3 | |a This article moves between Aristotle, Maimonides, and the Stoics. Aristotle's moral taxonomy, outlined in NE 7.1, appears problematic, given his view that, in the sphere of moral virtue, the intermediate (temperance, courage) is the extreme, and there is no excess of temperance or courage. This is hard to square with the moral agent whom he describes as possessed of "hyperbolic" (hyperbole, excessive) virtue. As Aristotle has very little to say about the latter, I turn to Maimonides and the Stoics for clarification and enlightenment. © 2019 University of Illinois. All rights reserved. | |
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650 | 0 | 4 | |a Maimonides |
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