On Virtues and Vices
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On Virtues and Vices is the shortest of the four ethical treatises attributed to Aristotle
. The work is now regarded as spurious by scholars and its true origins are uncertain though it was probably created by a member of the peripatetic school.
Aristotle
Aristotle was a Greek philosopher and polymath, a student of Plato and teacher of Alexander the Great. His writings cover many subjects, including physics, metaphysics, poetry, theater, music, logic, rhetoric, linguistics, politics, government, ethics, biology, and zoology...
. The work is now regarded as spurious by scholars and its true origins are uncertain though it was probably created by a member of the peripatetic school.