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From: Monarch Notes
Date: 19630101
Author:Aristotle

Aristotle
Monarch Notes
01-01-1963
The Ethics: Books 3 - 5

Books III And IV The Moral Virtues

Classification Of The Virtues:

The end of Book III and the whole of Book IV are given over to a
discussion of the moral virtues (the virtues of character) in the light of the
definitions Aristotle has just made. Since the virtues have been seen to
involve both feeling and action, Aristotle proceeds to classify them with
their corresponding vices in the following manner. 1) There are three virtues
concerned with the right attitude toward the three emotions of fear, pleasure,
and anger. 2) There are four ...

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