CIVILIZATION
GREEK
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Question
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Golden Fleece
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Golden Rule
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Golden mean
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -The belief that Aristotle taught his kids. The mean is the middle position between two extremes. The idea of the golden mean is that people should live moderately. For example, individuals should not eat too little or too much.
Detailed explanation-2: -Aristotle’s ethics are not a one-size-fits-all system; what he is looking for is the mean that is good for a particular individual. For example, watering a small plant with a gallon of water is excessive but watering a tree with a gallon of water is deficient.
Detailed explanation-3: -The golden mean is a tool to gauge where virtue falls between two vices, excess and deficiency. Aristotle describes ethical virtue as a disposition. That is, a tendency induced by our habits to have feelings apropos to a given situation.