The good man
idea · 3 works · 3 mentions · 6 anchored passages
the good man · Piromis · the man content with what is allotted · the virtuous man
spoken of as
2 expressionsGood man“virtuous man”2 mentions
Nicomachean Ethics (Greek) · The Histories (Greek)
For existence is good for the virtuous man;
Piromis“"good man"”1 mention
The Histories (Greek)
they traced descent through the whole line of three hundred and forty-five figures, not connecting it with any ancestral god or hero, but declaring each figure to be a “Piromis” the son of a “Piromis”;
in the texts
Nicomachean Ethics
The virtuous person, whose inner unity and self-regard serve as the model for understanding friendship, both toward others and toward oneself.
For existence is good for the virtuous man;
since the bad are always changing their minds.
Hence (e) such men do not enter into their own joys and sorrows, as there is civil war in their souls;
The Histories
The Egyptian title given to each successive high priest commemorated by statue, meaning 'a good man in all respects,' explicitly contrasted with descent from gods.
they traced descent through the whole line of three hundred and forty-five figures, not connecting it with any ancestral god or hero, but declaring each figure to be a “Piromis” the son of a “Piromis”;
Meditations
The Stoic ideal figure defined by justice, contentment with fate, and indifference to others' faults or praise.
with being good, in the sense in which the good man is properly understood.
Try how the life of the good man also suits you — the man content with what is allotted to him out of the whole, and satisfied with his own just conduct and kindly disposition.
How much leisure he gains who does not look at what his neighbour said or did or intended, but only at what he himself does, that it may be just and holy — or, as the good man does, who does not gaze about at the dark character of others, but runs straight along the line, without swerving.