Single Idea 11312

[catalogued under 1. Philosophy / B. History of Ideas / 3. Greek-English Lexicon]

Full Idea

Areté: virtue, excellence

Gist of Idea

Arete: virtue, excellence

Source

PG (Db (lexicon) [c.1001 BCE], 15)


A Reaction

The word hovers between moral excellence and being good at what you do. Annas defends the older translation as 'virtue', rather than the modern 'excellence'.