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) |