From Continence to Virtue: Recovering Goodness, Character Unity, and Character Types for Positive Psychology

Theory & Psychology

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 629-653

  Fowers, Blaine J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Aristotle; character; eudaimonia; flourishing; good; practical wisdom; virtue

Indexed keywords

EID: 51749120797     PISSN: 09593543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959354308093399     Document Type: Article

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