Not every action or emotion however admits of the observance of a due mean. Indeed the very names of some directly imply evil, for instance malice, shamelessness, envy, and, of actions, adultery, theft, murder. All these and similar actions and feelings are blamed as being bad in themselves; it is not the excess or deficiency of them that we blame. It is impossible therefore ever to go right in regard to them - one must always be wrong;


The Nicomachean Ethics (ed. Wordsworth Editions, 1996) - ISBN: 9781853264610

Aristotle Quotes

Not every action or emotion however admits of the observance of a due mean. Indeed the very names of some directly imply evil, for instance malice,...

Not every action or emotion however admits of the observance of a due mean. Indeed the very names of some directly imply evil, for instance malice,...

Not every action or emotion however admits of the observance of a due mean. Indeed the very names of some directly imply evil, for instance malice,...

Not every action or emotion however admits of the observance of a due mean. Indeed the very names of some directly imply evil, for instance malice,...