According to Aristotle, a virtue is more than worthwhile habit; it is also a ________.
(a) standard of deficit, (b) standard of instruction, (c) standard of excellence, (d) standard of excess, (e) all of the above.
(Numbers 17 and 18 are to be read together but answered as two successive questions) On Aristotle’s “doctrine of the mean,” one of the most important factors in determining the virtuous course of action is to relate the (17) _________________ to (18) _________________.
(a) one’s individual capacity, (b) the vice of excess, (c) range of virtuous options, (d) the activity of one’s soul.