“Liberality is moderation in giving and taking wealth; excess is prodigality, deficiency is illiberality.”— Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book II, Chapter 7
“Temperance is moderation in bodily pleasures; excess is profligacy, deficiency is insensibility.”— Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book II, Chapter 7 🔍 Core Idea Temperance is your body’s smart thermostat — it maintains 72°F balance between frozen repression (❄️) and burning excess (🔥). Like budgeting 80% nutrients and 20% treats, ethical self-control lets you savor life without … Read more
“Moderation in fear and confidence is courage; excess in confidence is foolhardiness, excess in fear is cowardice.”— Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book II, Chapter 7 🔍 Core Idea Courage is your moral smartwatch — continuously monitoring your fear calibration (heart rate) and confidence thresholds (step goals). True balanced courage avoids both panic (overactive alerts) and recklessness … Read more
“Evil is infinite in nature, while good is finite; hence it is easy to miss the mark and hard to hit it.”— Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book II, Chapter 6 🔍 Core Idea The finite good requires laser focus — like threading a needle in a sandstorm. While temptations (cheating, apathy, greed) bombard us endlessly, true … Read more
“To feel fear, confidence, desire, anger, or pity at the right time, toward the right objects, and in the right manner—this is the mean and the best course.”— Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book II, Chapter 6 🔍 Core Idea Ethics are emotional GPS navigation — like avoiding traffic jams by rerouting in real-time. Virtue demands sensing … Read more
“Virtue is more exact and better than any art, for it aims at the mean in passions and actions.”— Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book II, Chapter 6 🔍 Core Idea Ethical living is precision engineering — while skills like coding allow 5% error margins, virtues demand surgical balance. Like calibrating a smartwatch’s heart-rate monitor, it requires … Read more
“Excellence is a mean state between excess and deficiency, determined by the right reason and as the prudent man would determine it.”— Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book II, Chapter 6 🔍 Core Idea Ethical living is like balancing a smartphone’s battery — 100% indulgence drains your power, 0% discipline freezes the system. True virtue thrives at … Read more
“Virtue, then, is a habit or trained faculty of choice, the characteristic of which lies in moderation or observance of the mean.”— Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book II, Chapter 6 🔍 Core Idea Moral growth works like a video game health bar — every honest choice adds XP (eXperience Points), while shortcuts drain it. Your ethical … Read more
“Virtue is concerned with pleasures and pains; the acts which produce it develop it, and when differently done, destroy it.”— Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book II, Chapter 3 🔍 Core Idea Moral growth works like a video game health bar — every honest choice adds XP (eXperience Points), while shortcuts drain it. Your ethical stamina depends … Read more
“The pleasure or pain that accompanies the acts must be taken as a test of the formed habit.”— Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book II, Chapter 3 🔍 Core Idea Habits are emotional GPS trackers — like a fitness app showing “🔥” for good workouts and “💤” for skipped days. If volunteering feels joyful and cheating feels … Read more