Tag: mesotes

Nicomachean Ethics, Book 2, Chapters 1–5: only that which is most important for demonstrating hexis to you and, at the same time, for clarifying a basic concept of the Nicomachean Ethics, the mesotes. mesotes is not some kind of “mediocrity,” [Mittelmässigkeit] not a determination of human actions in which it would amount to mediocrity, not…