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Jiang defines arete as virtue, excellence, character, or the special quality one excels at.
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Excellence
Jiang defines arete as virtue, excellence, character, or the special quality one excels at.
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Dunning-Kruger is used to show that self-doubt and self-reflection are marks of excellence because the worst performers most misjudge themselves.
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"...first is erite. The second is eudaimonia. So, erite means virtue, excellence, or character. It's something that makes you special, what you excel at...."
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"Because there will be other classes on these topics. We'll be discussing quantum mechanics at a future date. So I want to make sure..."
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"Okay? And the second thing is they asked students how they think they did on that IQ test. Were you in the top 5..."
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"If you're able to doubt yourself, if you're able to question yourself, if you're able to self -reflect, that's a sign of an excellent..."
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"...They believe in the idea of Erette and Eudaimonia. Erette means excellence, to be the best at what you can. Eudaimonia means flourishing. You..."
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"for the longest time China really was the civilized civilization poor excellence in the world It gave us all the great inventions that would..."
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"Athens is the civilization par excellence. Right? And so when did Athens produce all its great like literature? Well it was basically the age..."
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"arete is proving your excellence among a group of men and so I'll give you two examples of this Greek worldview so the first..."
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"...could achieve eudaimonia, human flourishing, as well as achieve erite, human excellence."
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"Okay? Erete just means action. Excellence. You could be an asshole. You could be a jerk. But if erite, like you have talent, then..."
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"...first is erite. The second is eudaimonia. Okay? Erite is just excellence. Okay? Alexander has erite because he's an excellent general. When you have..."
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"...Athens is the greatest place ever. And that's because we celebrate excellence. Athens is a place where anyone can come and through hard work,..."
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Science begins here as a theological discipline of doubt.
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