Ancient Greek concept of an ideal of excellence of character and soundness of mind
This article is about the Greek virtue. For the asteroid, see 134 Sophrosyne.
Temperantia (1872), by Edward Burne-Jones
Sophrosyne (Ancient Greek: σωφροσύνη) is an ancient Greek concept of an ideal of excellence of character and soundness of mind, which when combined in one well-balanced individual leads to other qualities, such as temperance, moderation, prudence, purity, decorum, and self-control. An adjectival form is "sophron".[1]
It is similar to the concepts of zhōngyōng (中庸) of Chinese Confucianism[2] and sattva (सत्त्व) of Indian thought.[3]
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to: 134 (number) AD 134 134 BC 134 (MBTA bus) 134 (New Jersey bus) 134 Sophrosyne, a main-belt asteroid This disambiguation page lists articles associated...
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of describing the virtue of sophrosyne (lit. "soundness of mind"). In another fragment (B112), Heraclitus defines sophrosyne as the art of "perceiving things...
mythology and philosophy. For example, Aristotle writes of the concept of sophrosyne or the "soundness of mind" in his Rhetoric. "This quality was said to...
developed to include quieter virtues, such as dikaiosyne (justice) and sophrosyne (self-restraint). Though Plato tried to produce a moral philosophy that...
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servility and tyranny, leisured amateurs vs. professionals, moderation (sophrosyne) vs. excess, etc. Some of this is a result of 19th century AD "classical...
confront fear, uncertainty, and intimidation. Temperance (σωφροσύνη, sōphrosýnē; Latin: temperantia): also known as restraint, the practice of self-control...
of pity, mercy, clemency, and compassion. Epiphron: God of prudence. Sophrosyne: Goddess of moderation and temperance. Zimmerman, J. E. (1964). Dictionary...
provides. Aristotle also put enktreia and its antithesis, akrasia, within sophrosyne, the "sphere" of bodily pleasure and the control of these physical desires...
tennis but Classical mythology. The central boss depicts the figure of Sophrosyne (not Venus), the personification of temperance and moderation, seated...
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