Deliberation seeks the mean (the golden mean) between extremes: a virtue represents the proper functioning of some aspect of the human soul, and proper functioning occurs neither in excess nor in deficiency but in balance—hitting the rational mean that properly orders the emotional life.
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“we seek a mean between the ex between extremes that is to say um if a virtue is a proper functioning of some aspect of the human soul some aspect of Personality then a given personality characteristic personality trait uh might be in excess too much out of balance that way or might be in deficiency too little so what you want is that um Quality of Life uh that is neither in excess nor in deficiency but hits the mean the rational mean the balance [13:01]”
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