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Virtue is a stable "state" of character that allows a person to choose the right action consistently.

True happiness is not a temporary emotion but a state achieved over a complete life. The Nature of Virtue (Arete) Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics

Aristotle begins by stating that all human activities aim at some "good". However, most goods (like money or fame) are merely means to an end. The only thing pursued for its own sake is . Virtue is a stable "state" of character that

We become just by performing just acts and brave by performing brave acts. Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics

For Aristotle, the unique human function is the activity of the soul in accordance with reason .