This includes an extensive discussion of Plato's 'Phaedrus' and the historical contrast between Dialectic and Rhetoric. Robert Pirsig uses 'arete' as a synonym for Quality in his book Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance.'Finally, brethren, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is gracious, if there is any excellence ( arete), if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things' (the Admonition of Paul in Philippians).'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.'.This training in arete included physical training, for which the Greeks developed the gymnasion mental training, which included oratory, rhetoric, and basic sciences and spiritual training, which included music and what is called virtue. Arete is a significant part of the paideia of ancient Greeks: the training of the boy to manhood.
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