I think it was Aristotle (excuse the name dropping) who argued that the virtue
of courage is not the opposite of cowardice. He saw it as a middle path between
cowardice and rashness. He then applied it to all the virtues - the virtue is
found between a deficit and an excess. It's very useful - think the Buddhists
have a similar view of avoiding the extremes - and it gets rid of simplistic
'polar' thinking. (Black/white, day/night, us/them, good/bad….)
Andrew Fildes
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On 26/05/2014, at 9:57 AM, Paul Laughlin wrote:
> In my book, there is such a thing as being tough, and another thing as being
> tough and foolish. Damage to the head can be very difficult to fix.
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