The Chart (see Nicomachean Ethics II.7)

 

Aspect of life

Too little

Just right

Too much

fear

rashness / lack-of-fear (nameless)

bravery (courage)

cowardice

pleasure

insensibility

temperance

intemperance

giving money (small matters)

ungenerosity

generosity

wastefulness

giving money (large matters)

niggardliness

magnificence

ostentation and vulgarity

honor (big matters)

pusillanimity

magnanimity

a sort of vanity

honor (small matters)

indifference to honor

nameless (sometimes called “indifferent to honor” and sometimes “honor-loving”)

honor-loving

anger

inirascibility

mildness

irascibility

truth-telling

self-deprecation

truthfulness

boastfulness

amusement

a sort of boorishness

wit

buffoonery

daily niceties

quarrelsomeness and ill-temperedness

friendliness

flattery

shame

not having a sense of disgrace

prone to shame

ashamed about everything

the pain of indignation

spiteful (enjoying other people’s misfortunes)

proper indignation (feeling pain when someone does well undeservedly)

envious (feeling pain when anyone does well)