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wwh, there will be no verifiable connection here, but I find it whimsically interesting that arete and the French word arręter (to stop) bear resemblance.
I would think a person who is capable of stopping mentally to make moral considerations could be possessed of this quality of arete. On the other hand, fools rush in and all that jazz. Not too many angels tred the path I follow...
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