Aristotle’s work “Nicomachean Ethics” provides a sweeping overview of the thinker’s moral philosophy and introduces the ...

and advocated 'The Golden Mean' - the middle way between extremes. Like Plato before him, who briefly taught Dionysis II of Sicily, Aristotle tutored Alexander the Great in the hope he could turn ...

Moral excellence, according to Aristotle, is found not in taking extreme measures but in finding a balanced approach. He used the example of courage: the Golden Mean lies between recklessness (an ...