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  • 1. arete
  • Arete in a sentence
Table of Contents
  • 1. arete
  • Arete in a sentence
Synonyms
Etymology

1. arete

noun. a sharp narrow ridge found in rugged mountains.

Synonyms

  • ridgeline

Etymology

  • ἀρετή (Ancient Greek (to 1453))

Sentences with arete


1. Noun, singular or mass
Possessing arete is the way that one can reach a state of eudaimonia.

2. Adjective
For this older Plato, a person cannot even know what arete really is without knowing the form of the good itself, and so the greatest good comes from knowing the measure of one's own knowledge.

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