Single Idea 62

[catalogued under 23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 2. Elements of Virtue Theory / f. The Mean]

Full Idea

We must have feelings at the right times on the right grounds towards the right people for the right motive and in the right way.

Gist of Idea

We must tune our feelings to be right in every way

Source

Aristotle (Nicomachean Ethics [c.334 BCE], 1106b18)

Book Reference

Aristotle: 'Ethics (Nicomachean)', ed/tr. ThomsonJ A K/TredennickH [Penguin 1976], p.101


A Reaction

And you thought feelings were just whatever comes naturally! We sometimes talk now of 'emotional intellgence', but we should talk more of 'educated emotions'.

Related Idea

Idea 5160 There is a mean of feelings, as in our responses to the good or bad fortune of others [Aristotle]