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Moral Virtues

Moral Virtues

Moral Virtues

(Gr. aretai ethikai) In Aristotle’s philosophy those virtues, or excellences, which consist in the habitual control of conduct by rational principle; as distinct from the intellectual virtues, whose end is the knowledge of principles. See Artstotelianism; Dianoetic Virtues. — G.R.M.

Fuente: The Dictionary of Philosophy