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12 Virtues Introduced by Aristotle – the master of those who

know
 Victoria Rayner

10 years ago

Aristotle was a Greek Philosopher, a student of Plato who was responsible for major
contributions for metaphysics to ethics, aesthetics and politics.  He believed that the function of a
human was to engage in an activity of the soul in accordance with virtue.   Aristotle thought that
there were two overriding virtues, intellectual and moral.  The intellectual virtues he claimed
were acquired by inheritance and education and the moral ones through the imitation of practice
and habit.  The highest virtue, according to Aristotle was intellectual contemplation. In addition,
there are an additional 12 virtues that can also be attributed to Aristotle and they are as follows:  

1) Courage – bravery and valor

2) Temperance – self-control and restraint

 3) Liberality – bigheartness, charity and generosity  

 4) Magnificence – radiance, joie de vivre

  5) Pride – self-satisfaction

6) Honor – respect, reverence, admiration  

 7) Good Temper – equanimity, level headedness

8) Friendliness – conviviality and sociability

 9) Truthfulness – straightforwardness, frankness and candor

10) Wit – sense of humor – meaninglessness and absurdity  

11) Friendship – camaraderie and companionship

12) Justice – impartiality, evenhandedness and fairness

More on this Topic –

Utube Aristotle

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=175bR_BU0m8

Utube History of Aristotle

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdS0A87Vev8&feature=related

Happiness is self-fulfillment – Quiz

http://philosophy.lander.edu/intro/aristotle_test.html

Aristotle Ethics

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aristotelian_ethics

Utube Aristotle – discussion of the range of his body of work

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNIPAwZVqb4&feature=related

More on the “Master” thinker of those who know

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymddeI8WgiQ

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Tags: Aristotle, courage, honor, Justice, pride, virtues

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