Within the delusion of Icarus, the younger Icarus and his father, Daedalus, try to flee from Crete by fashioning wings from feathers and wax.
Daedalus warns Icarus to keep away from the 2 extremes, first of complacency (a deficiency) after which of hubris (an extra), telling him to fly neither too low nor too excessive. If he had been to fly too low, the ocean’s dampness would clog his wings and if right here had been to fly too excessive, the solar’s warmth would soften them.
As an alternative, Icarus ought to navigate a temperate path in between the extremes, remaining attentive and taking care.
The story of Icarus, subsequently, gives an excellent illustration of Aristotle’s method to virtues of character – fastened habits by which an individual avoids vices of extra and of deficiency.
ASSIGNMENT:
Select any one of Aristotle’s virtues of character (apart from mildness, the advantage involved with anger) and clarify it by way of [a] the sentiments, passions, needs, and/or actions concerned in it and [b] the 2 vicious extremes – of extra and deficiency – that the advantage avoids. Right here is Aristotle’s record of virtues and the place they are often present in Nicomachean Ethics (listed by e book and chapter and the Bekker numbers):
· bravery (or braveness) – II.7 (1107b1-5) and III.6-7 (1115a6-1116a15)
· temperance (or moderation) – II.7 (1107b5-10) and III.10-11 (1117b24-1119a21)
· generosity (or liberality) – II.7 (1107b10-16) and IV.1 (1119a23-1122a18)
· magnificence – II.7 (1107b17-23) and IV.2 (1122a19-1123a34)
· magnanimity – II.7 (1107b24-1108a) and IV.three (1123a35-1125a35)
· truth-telling (or honesty about oneself) – II.7 (1108a20-23) and IV.7 (1127a14-1127b35)
· wit (or good humor) – II.7 (1108a24-27) and IV.6 (1126b12-1127a13)
· friendliness – II.7 (1108a27-31) and IV.eight (1128a1-1128b9)
· disgrace (a quasi-virtue) – II.7 (1108a32-1108b1) and IV.9 (1128b10-35)
Bear in mind, you solely want to decide on one to elucidate.
