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The middle way

Aristotle's idea that each virtue is a mean between two mistakes, too little and too much: courage lies between cowardice and recklessness. The middle depends on the situation and takes judgement.

Depth 1 · Foundation

You can name the two extremes around a virtue, and say why the middle isn't always halfway.

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    Foundation

    You can name the two extremes around a virtue, and say why the middle isn't always halfway.

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    Virtue and characterThe middle way is Aristotle's account of what a virtue is.

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What's still between you and The middle way, depth 1, in the order you can learn it.

  1. 1BeliefDepth 1 · Foundation · Epistemology
  2. 2KnowledgeDepth 1 · Foundation · Epistemology
  3. 3Good reasonsDepth 1 · Foundation · Epistemology
  4. 4PerceptionDepth 1 · Foundation · Epistemology
  5. 5ObservationDepth 1 · Foundation · Philosophy of Science
  6. 6HypothesisDepth 1 · Foundation · Philosophy of Science
  7. 7ClaimDepth 1 · Foundation · Logic
  8. 8ArgumentDepth 1 · Foundation · Logic
  9. 9Conditional statementsDepth 1 · Foundation · Logic
  10. 10PredictionDepth 1 · Foundation · Philosophy of Science
  11. 11EvidenceDepth 1 · Foundation · Epistemology
  12. 12Testing against the worldDepth 1 · Foundation · Philosophy of Science
  13. 13What science can't answerDepth 1 · Foundation · Philosophy of Science
  14. 14Moral questionsDepth 1 · Foundation · Ethics
  15. 15Moral reasoningDepth 1 · Foundation · Ethics
  16. 16Virtue and characterDepth 1 · Foundation · Ethics
  17. 17The middle wayDepth 1 · Foundation · Ethics

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