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I would have rather heard some of your ideas about "arete"
"Arete" was a "Weltanschauung" to the Greeks, wwh, as we can see from this extract:
Excellence
To the ancient Greeks excellence is a goal to be pursued in all aspects of life. The attainment of perfection, of the complete realization of one's potential, is called arete (virtue).
The buildings of the Athenian Acropolis are good examples of the achievement of arete (virtue) in architecture. The plan of the basic Temple form actually changed little over the 800 year period of Greek civilization. The ancient Greeks were a traditional people who avoided change for its own sake. They simply refined the basic Temple form. They looked for the best proportions of the various elements which together make up the Temple. Among the 300-odd Temples left to us by 800 years of Greek civilization many were smaller than the Parthenon and many were larger. But we have come to believe that the Parthenon best represents the Greek ideal of arete (virtue).
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