Virtue (arete) then is a settled disposition of the mind determining the choice of actions and emotions, consisting essentially in the observance of the mean relative to us, this being determined by principle, that is, as the prudent man would determine it.
Aristotle (Book II, Ch. 6)— Important here— for a person to act virtuously, they must base their decision on “the mean”. What is “the mean”? Simplistically put, not too much, not too little, just right. Also important— “the mean” is not anyone’s mean. It is the mean of the prudent man.
