In ancient Greece the philosopher Aristotle thought the golden mean was the desirable middle between two extremes, one of excess and the other of deficiency. In cardiology, apixaban may be the golden ...

In Nicomachean Ethics, Aristotle's masterpiece on the topic of virtue and ethics, the great Greek philosopher describes a virtue as being the "golden mean" between two vices. Bravery, for example, is ...

What does Aristotle have to do with selenium and prostate cancer? According to David Waters, a lot. “As it turns out, more is not always better,” says Waters, paraphrasing Aristotle’s golden mean, ...

Alan Cheuse reviews the prize-winning book "The Golden Mean" by Annabel Lyon. The historical novel tells a story of the Greek philosopher Aristotle teaching Alexander the Great. Cheuse teaches writing ...

The Aristotelian concept of phronesis or practical wisdom has played a prominent role in the long and deep wake of the Perestroika controversy in political science, where a diverse group of ...