If patience is a virtue, what is tolerance?

We are all birds of different feathers — picture is from Pixabay

In the Nicomachean Ethics, Aristotle proposed that humans are social, rational animals that seek to “live well.”

To that end, he proposed a system of ethics designed to help us reach eudaimonia, a world that means living well or flourishing.

Eudaimonia is reached by living virtuously and building up your character traits until you don’t even have to think about your choices before making the right one.

Aristotle sees virtues as character traits and tendencies to act in a particular way.

Definition of “virtue” from a Google search

There are various interpretations of Aristotle’s 11 virtues, and I use the ones below. Consider the wonderful approach that each virtue is the “golden mean” between “vices” of excess and deficiency.

Courage:

The midpoint between cowardice and recklessness. The courageous person is aware of the danger but goes in any way.

Temperance:

The virtue between overindulgence and insensitivity. Aristotle would view the…