PHILOS 2120 Lecture Notes - Lecture 26: Analects
5 Mar 2019
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Cowardice: one of excess, one of defect, the virtue lies in the middle, a balance. Best case scenario we learn them as children. When we are adults it is more difficult: confucius. A man without virtue cannot long abide in adversity, nor can he long abide in happiness; but the virtuous man is at rest in virtue, and the wise man covets it. (analects 4:2) Well-being / happiness is connected to virtue (similar to aristotle) The types of virtues you have will come with their own distinctive weaknesses, temptation, vices, etc: perhaps a person who has a strong tendency towards justice might therefore tend to be harsh, toward mercy, not harsh enough. I have yet to meet a man who loves virtue as much as he loves sex. We can use the idea of virtue as an ideal to strive towards.
