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Aretaics

Arˊe-ta′ics

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Noun.
[Gr. [GREEK] virtue.]
The ethical theory which excludes all relations between virtue and happiness; the science of virtue; – contrasted with eudemonics.
J. Grote.

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aretaics

aretaics

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aretaics (uncountable)

  1. (ethics) The ethical theory which excludes all relations between virtue and happiness; the science of virtue; contrasted with eudaemonics.
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