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I really liked the idea that since virtue is a mean, the opposite of a vice is not a virtue but a different vice (the opposite of cowardice is not courage but f

I really liked the idea that since virtue is a mean, the opposite of a vice is not a virtue but a different vice (the opposite of cowardice is not courage but foolhardiness, the opposite of arrogance is not proper self-regard but pusillanimity, etc.) Aristotelian virtues don't have an "opposite".

amelius 3y ago
Ok, but what is really the importance of the concept "opposite" in this context?
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- bandrami 3y ago
  That George Costanza was wrong. If a behavior of yours is making you unhappy the answer is not to simply do the opposite.