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Ancestral Lore of arete

Ancient Greek ἀρετή (aretē) "excellence, brilliance, virtue, nobility (of character)"
arete noun
  • excellence, brilliance, virtue, nobility (of character)
  • the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character

Specifics

Specific examples and quotes of arete

“They had neither rules nor laws nor a name for themselves; just an implicit way of life based on awareness of aretē or what it means to be human.”

"Originals"
(Speed Well Dialogues)
by Sabina Nore


“...when he looks at Beauty in the only way that Beauty can be seen - only then will it become possible for him to give birth not to images of virtue (because he's in touch with no images), but to true virtue [arete] (because he is in touch with true Beauty). The love of the gods belongs to anyone who has given to true virtue and nourished it, and if any human being could become immortal, it would be he.”

"The Symposium"
by Plato

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Legend

~☉~lucid definition; added layer of lucidity, or aethereal context
classic definition
artificium definition; usually words which have undergone a warped evolution, or a complete perversion of the original sense
Originals - Speed Well Dialogues

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