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Single Idea 281

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

Full Idea

It is by preserving the mean that arts produce everything that is good and beautiful.

Clarification

Here 'arts' is the Greek word 'techné', also translated as 'skill'

Gist of Idea

The arts produce good and beautiful things by preserving the mean

Source

Plato (The Statesman [c.356 BCE], 284b)

Book Ref

Plato: 'Statesman', ed/tr. Bernadete,Seth [University of Chicago 1986], p.35