Posted by Chad Trainer on December 14, 1999 at 09:10:02:

In Reply to: Aristotle posted by brooke on October 05, 1999 at 05:31:43:

: i need to write a 2 page paper on this question. Please explain the different types of virtue expoused by aristotle. How do these differ from plato's? can you help me i am totally lost in this subject.

The differences between Plato and Aristotle's outlooks on virtue are (i) partially their approaches in depicting the virtue and vices (e.g. Plato employs the three principles of the soul to delineate and explain the four cardinal virtues) and (ii) partially substantive (e.g. the peculiarities of the Platonic metaphysic make the Platonic ethics ascetic, whereas the distinctive traits of the Aristotelian metaphysic render Aristotle's ethics more conventional).
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