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Huntingdon College Political Science program; and Justice Symposium
Aristotle's Table of Virtues:
The Means Between Extremes.

adapted from the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy by Jeremy Lewis
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Most moral virtues, and not just courage, are understood as falling at the mean between two accompanying vices. Aristotle's list may be represented by the following table: 
Vice of Deficiency Virtuous Mean Vice of Excess
Cowardice Courage Rashness
Insensibility Temperance Intemperance
Illiberality Liberality Prodigality
Pettiness Munificence Vulgarity
Humble-mindedness High-mindedness Vaingloriness
Want of Ambition Right Ambition Over-ambition
Spiritlessness Good Temper Irascibility
Surliness Friendly Civility Obsequiousness
Ironical Depreciation Sincerity Boastfulness
Boorishness Wittiness Buffoonery
Shamelessness Modesty Bashfulness
Callousness Just Resentment Spitefulness
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