The medievals added a discussion of the seven deadly sins (which are the worst human vices): pride, greed, lust, wrath, gluttony, envy, and sloth.
Consider pride, which is an inflated, self-contered view of yourself. If we follow Aristotle's golden-mean method and look for the corresponding virtue and opposite vice, we get something like this:
The medievals added a discussion of the seven deadly sins (which are the worst human vices): pride, greed, lust, wrath, gluttony, envy, and sloth.
Consider pride, which is an inflated, self-contered view of yourself. If we follow Aristotle's golden-mean method and look for the corresponding virtue and opposite vice, we get something like this:
This is half of the answer.
The medievals added a discussion of the seven deadly sins (which are the worst human vices): pride, greed, lust, wrath, gluttony, envy, and sloth.
Consider pride, which is an inflated, self-contered view of yourself. If we follow Aristotle's golden-mean method and look for the corresponding virtue and opposite vice, we get something like this:
This is half of the answer.
The medievals added a discussion of the seven deadly sins (which are the worst human vices): pride, greed, lust, wrath, gluttony, envy, and sloth.
Consider pride, which is an inflated, self-contered view of yourself. If we follow Aristotle's golden-mean method and look for the corresponding virtue and opposite vice, we get something like this:
Here the virtue, humility, is in the middle of two vices. With pride, we think too much of ourselves. With lack-of-confidence, we think too little of ourselves. Humility is a correct appraisal.
The medievals added a discussion of the seven deadly sins (which are the worst human vices): pride, greed, lust, wrath, gluttony, envy, and sloth.
Consider pride, which is an inflated, self-contered view of yourself. If we follow Aristotle's golden-mean method and look for the corresponding virtue and opposite vice, we get something like this:
You need to try harder.