Explain each clause of Aristotle’s definition of a moral virtue: why is it a state (a disposition) and not an action;
2) From Book II of N.E. 1107a �Excellence (Moral Virtue), then, is a state concerned with choice, lying in a mean relative to us, this being determined by reason and in the way in which the man of practical wisdom would determine it.� Explain each clause of Aristotle’s definition of a moral virtue: why is it a state (a disposition) […]






