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Thanks Greg, This is a lot to choke down, I know you are speaking in a true Aristotelian Sense; but What good is virtue without vice ? If we did not have Vices, Then we would have no motive to develop Virtue, Is it possible for one who has struggled and is not considered Virtuous, to perform a Heroic Act that would then Magnify their whole life ? Is the "high-minded" man whom Aristotle talks about aware of his vices ? Does being aware of our vices actually help us in being Good ?

"Is it better to perform Virtuous actions over and over again, or bigger consequential Virtuous Actions ? " Thanks for this thought provoking discourse

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We could have virtues without vices. You can also be in between virtue and vice, and want to be better.

Heroic acts that magnify their whole life strikes me as silliness that adolescents dream about, but not people who realistically want to improve themselves.

If you want to know what Aristotle thinks about the great-souled (not "high-minded", which is the wrong translation) person, read what he actually has to say in Nicomachean Ethics book 4, I'd say.

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Thanks Greg--In my version of the Nicomachean Ethics--Aristotle talks about the high-minded man not Great Souled Man---I know it is a different subject--but when I was thinking of Heroic Acts---I was associating it with Joe Campbell's "The Hero with a Thousand Faces"--So I don't personally find it silly--- Thanks

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Yep. You've got a misleading translation then, not "version". Find a better one

This has nothing to do with Joseph Campbell. Always stick to topic here in this Substack, without bringing in ideas from left field

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Thanks Greg,

My version is the Penguin Classics

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You want to focus not on version, but translation, as I already said here. Super easy for you to figure out who that is, since it will say it on the cover or on the title page.

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Ok thanks for the clarification

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