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Single Idea 21395

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

Full Idea

Zeno of Citium wrote a (lost) book entitled 'That Which is Appropriate'.

Gist of Idea

One of Zeno's books was 'That Which is Appropriate'

Source

report of Zeno (Citium) (fragments/reports [c.294 BCE]) by A.A. Long - Hellenistic Philosophy 4.1

A Reaction

I cite this because I take it to be about what in Aristotle called 'the mean' - to emphasise that the mean is not what is average, or midway between the extremes, but what is a balanced response to each situation

Book Reference

Long,A.A.: 'Hellenistic Philosophy' [Duckworth 1986], p.113