19 March, 2000
Author: George Irbe
ARISTOTLE'S NICOMACHEAN ETHICS /TABLE OF VIRTUES AND VICES
| SPHERE OF ACTION OR FEELING | EXCESS | MEAN | DEFICIENCY |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fear and Confidence | Rashness | Courage | Cowardice |
| Pleasure and Pain | Licentiousness/Self-indulgence | Temperance | Insensibility |
| Getting and Spending (minor) |
Prodigality | Liberality | Illiberality/Meanness |
| Getting and Spending (major) |
Vulgarity/Tastelessness | Magnificence | Pettiness/Niggardliness |
| Honour and Dishonour (major) |
Vanity | Magnanimity | Pusillanimity |
| Honour and Dishonour (minor) |
Ambition/empty vanity | Proper ambition/pride | Unambitiousness/undue humility |
| Anger | Irascibility | Patience/Good temper | Lack of spirit/unirascibility |
| Self-expression | Boastfulness | Truthfulness | Understatement/mock modesty |
| Conversation | Buffoonery | Wittiness | Boorishness |
| Social Conduct | Obsequiousness | Friendliness | Cantankerousness |
| Shame | Shyness | Modesty | Shamelessness |
| Indignation | Envy | Righteous indignation | Malicious enjoyment/Spitefulness |
Taken from p. 104 of translation by J.A.K. Tomson