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en-wikipedia-org-7986		Virtue - Wikipedia			.html	text/html	8369	1039	63	As Aristotle says in the Nicomachean Ethics: "at the right times, about the right things, towards the right people, for the right end, and in the right way, is the intermediate and best condition, and this is proper to virtue."[13] This is not simply splitting the difference between two extremes. Main article: Christian ethics § Virtues and principles Ren originally had the archaic meaning in the Confucian Book of Poems of "virility", but progressively took on shades of ethical meaning.[26] Some scholars consider the virtues identified in early Confucianism as non-theistic philosophy.[27] While religious scriptures generally consider dharma or aṟam (the Tamil term for virtue) as a divine virtue, Valluvar describes it as a way of life rather than any spiritual observance, a way of harmonious living that leads to universal happiness.[44] For this reason, Valluvar keeps aṟam as the cornerstone throughout the writing of the Kural literature.[45] Valluvar considered justice as a facet or product of aram.[44] While ancient Greek philosophers such as Plato, Aristotle, and their descendants opined that justice cannot be defined and that it was a divine mystery,[citation needed] Valluvar positively suggested that a divine origin is not required to define the concept of justice.[44] In the words of V.	./cache/en-wikipedia-org-7986.html	./txt/en-wikipedia-org-7986.txt