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Αρετή
Virtue - Excellence - Goodness
"The most articulate value in Greek culture is "Areti". Translated as "Virtue," the word actually
means something closer to "being the best you can be," or "reaching your highest human
potential." The term from Homeric times onwards is not gender specific. Homer applies the
term to both the Greek and Trojan heroes as well as major female figures, such as Penelope,
the wife of the Greek hero, Odysseus. In the Homeric poems, Areti is frequently associated
with bravery, but more often, with effectiveness. The man or woman of Areti is a person of the
highest effectiveness; they use all their faculties: strength, bravery, wit, and courage, to achieve
real results. In the Homeric world, then, Areti involves all of the abilities and potentialities that
are available to humans."
"For Aristotle, Areti is explicitly linked with human knowledge. Plato repeatedly returns to the
question of Areti, and the evidence of his earliest writings suggests that Socrates ,Plato's teacher
was equally obsessed with the question. Various Platonic dialogues deal with questions such as :
Can Areti be taught or learned ? (Meno) What is Areti ? (The Republic).
The famous Socratic paradox, "Virtue is knowledge," is is Greek, "Areti is knowledge." This
would be the foundation of both Socratic and Platonic philosophy:the highest human potential
is Knowledge and all other human abilities are derived from this central capacity.
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