SSC MTS EXAM

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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Define “Golden Mean".
A
To find balance in your life
B
To overindulge when eating
C
To perform for an audience
D
To write on a daily basis
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -December 2021) The golden mean or golden middle way is the desirable middle between two extremes, one of excess and the other of deficiency. It appeared in Greek thought at least as early as the Delphic maxim “nothing in excess", was discussed in Plato’s Philebus.

Detailed explanation-2: -: the medium between extremes : moderation.

Detailed explanation-3: -It is an age-old principle which holds that virtue lies between the extremes. If one can travel the middle path of moderation and temperance in life, goodness and beauty show up along the way.

Detailed explanation-4: -…to be known as the Golden Mean; it is essentially the same as the Buddha’s middle path between self-indulgence and self-renunciation. Thus, courage, for example, is the mean between two extremes: one can have a deficiency of it, which is cowardice, or one can have an excess of it, which…

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