Arete, translated as virtue in Homer and Plato etc. Actually meant excellence, greatness, virtue in the sense of power and influence for the good. Sort of…there is no such thing as pure translation.
adriel woodman: notes
Arete, translated as virtue in Homer and Plato etc. Actually meant excellence, greatness, virtue in the sense of power and influence for the good. Sort of…there is no such thing as pure translation.