Passion and the Two Sides of Virtue
Passion and the Two Sides of Virtue
This chapter shows that virtue, the good condition of the soul, is the power to perform for their own sake virtuous actions, which have the right relation to both internal and external goods. We always deliberate about what to do. But figuring out what to do puts our souls in the best shape. The rationality of deliberating about what to do explicates how rationally to persuade the passions, and so it is the rationality of practical deliberation that defines the right amount of the passions.
Keywords: soul, good, virtuous actions, rationality, practical deliberations
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