Arete?  As a former rock climber, and arĂȘte is an exposed steep ridge of
rock, the opposite of a chimney.  When you are climbing an arĂȘte you have
quite a thrilling view of the world... you are on the edge of a fin going
straight up.

Chris



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Subject: arete Re: this myth of rationality Re: [RC] Libertarian Logic


On Nov 4, 2011, at 1:29 PM, Mike Gonzalez wrote:

> A government should have enough power to fund a system that helps 
> people reach arete

arete?  "excellence"? Is that the purpose of governance?!?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arete

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