Laeserin on Nostr: But Aristotle actually defines : "The greatest virtues are necessarily those which ...
But Aristotle actually defines :
"The greatest virtues are necessarily those which are most useful to others, if virtue is the faculty of conferring benefits. For this reason justice and courage are the most esteemed"
And since a man can incorporate those virtues more completely than a woman, a man must be the most noble human. Not a woman, regardless of how virtuous she is. Mary was courageous and she longed for justice, but only Christ could sacrifice a God-made-man for the sake of all humanity. That was a nobler act.
It is Aristotel's lesson on "the greater and the lesser" at play here.
"The greatest virtues are necessarily those which are most useful to others, if virtue is the faculty of conferring benefits. For this reason justice and courage are the most esteemed"
And since a man can incorporate those virtues more completely than a woman, a man must be the most noble human. Not a woman, regardless of how virtuous she is. Mary was courageous and she longed for justice, but only Christ could sacrifice a God-made-man for the sake of all humanity. That was a nobler act.
It is Aristotel's lesson on "the greater and the lesser" at play here.