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Document Details : Title: Apis, Philoxène, Sardanapale et Smindyride Subtitle: L'intempérance et son revers dans l'éthique d'Aristote Author(s): RODRIGUE, Louise Journal: Tijdschrift voor Filosofie Volume: 79 Issue: 2 Date: 2017 Pages: 295-312 DOI: 10.2143/TVF.79.2.3242703 Abstract : This study mainly aims at showing that intemperance is a radical vice. The explanation rests upon the characteristics given by Aristotle in both Ethics: intemperance is brutish, slavish, childish, gross, and sluggish, as specific examples emphasize. The second section highlights the importance of the corresponding virtue of temperance, and the concluding section comments on the perfect opposition between these two states. |
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