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“The habits of perfected Self-Mastery and Courage are spoiled by the excess and defect, but by the mean state are preserved.”
Nicomachean Ethics, Book 2, Section 2·384-322 BCE
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Aristotle
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384-322 BCE · Peripatetic Philosophy
Greek philosopher and polymath.
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