Action Points and Summary

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The following workout is related to the ancient Greek concept and practice of aretē (excellence or virtue).

You can read about the ancient Greek concept and practice of aretēin the Cave’s

Aretē: Excellence or Virtue—What the Ancient Greeks Thought and Said about Aretē.

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3 Action Points

• Consider the roles-functions-virtues or excellences of various things and people (as we did with a car and a person’s job). Understand what generally allows “a thing to perform its function well.”

• Identify the roles you play and the functions you perform along with the virtues or excellences attached to each.

• Practice the virtues or excellences that allow you to perform your roles-functions well. Do so in concrete, specific, realistic ways. Evaluate. Then practice some more.

Determining & Practicing My Roles-Functions-Virtues

Workout Summary

Workout 2 deep dives into our roles or functions and virtues or excellences.

Why? Because according to Socrates, “Virtue is the means by which a thing performs its function well.”

We start by thinking about the role or function of car and the virtue or excellence that allows a car to perform its function well. We do the same for a person’s job.

Next, we consider the various roles we play in our lives along with their corresponding functions and virtues or excellences (that is, how we can perform these roles-functions well).

Finally, after describing concrete, specific, realistic ways we can do so, we practice one or two of the above virtues-excellences. As always, we end by evaluating how our practice is going so that we can better practice going forward.

To see Workout 2 in whole, click on the “Go to PDF” button, “Workout 2 – Determining & Practicing My Roles-Functions-Virtues.”

Best of benefits in practicing!

The Cave