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Single Idea 3015

[filed under theme 23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 3. Virtues / a. Virtues ]

Full Idea

A foresight of future events, such as could be arrived at by consideration, is the virtue of man.

Gist of Idea

The virtue of man is thoughtful foresight of future events

Source

report of Chilo (poems (frags) [c.490 BCE]) by Diogenes Laertius - Lives of Eminent Philosophers 01.4.1

Book Ref

Diogenes Laertius: 'Diogenes Laertius', ed/tr. Yonge,C.D. [Henry G. Bohn 1853], p.32