arete
IPA: ɑrɛtˈeɪ
noun
- (philosophy) Virtue, excellence.
- (philosophy) The proper state or condition for a human.
- Alternative spelling of arête [(geology) A very thin ridge of rock.]
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Examples of "arete" in Sentences
- The scriptures I cited above translate the word arete as "virtue.")
- The ancient Greeks called it arete, and it meant being the best you can be.
- Some of it was that I was tired from the earlier route, and some of it was that they put a hold for another route on the damned arete right where my hand goes.
- The peaks were known as arete, where two glaciers had crawled up opposite sides of a mountain and formed a jagged, narrow ridge like the blade of a serrated knife.
- I was particularly pleased with myself for figuring out one move on the 5.9, which involved standing up, going big, and letting myself fall sideways onto a side-pull to get opposition on the arete.
- Written in the Socratic dialectic style, it attempts to determine the definition of virtue, or arete, meaning in this case virtue in general, rather than particular virtues (e.g. justice, temperance, etc.).
- Written in the Socratic dialectic style, it attempts to determine the definition of virtue, or arete, meaning in this case virtue in general, rather than particular virtues (e.g. justice, temperance, etc.)..
- I kind of feel pretty good about all this, as I have more or less graduated from the bunny walls now (finally). * g* After that, my arms were shot, and I tried a 5.9 that's all balance and didn't even have the strength to pull myself up on the arete, though I tried a bunch.
- Only four walls today, but considering that I was feeling tired and sore and staying off the overhangs, and the walls were an 5.9 - (which I have done before), a 5. 9+ (which I did some time ago but could not duplicate today -- it's the one with the swingy barn door of an arete), a new 5.9, and a 5.8, I feel pretty good about myself.
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