... prudent person would define it. It is a mean between two vices, one of excess and one of deficiency" (Nicomachean Ethics 269). This conclusion is the basis for Aristotle's doctrine of the mean, as well as the significance Aristotle places in prudence. In book VI (Nicomachean Ethics), Aristotle combines his examination of virtue with his examination of the two parts of the soul mentioned earlier. Just as ... excess and deficiency. This middle ground, relatively speaking, is where virtue is found, and a virtuous state is the one that best leads to truth (Nicomachean Ethics 308). A contempl...

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