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When we study attitudes of vice and virtue in Ancient Greece, it is common to read texts from Plato ( Euthypro, The Republic) and and Aristotle (Nicomachean Ethics). Is there any reason to believe the ethical views of these philosophers reflected the actual ethical views of the average Greek?

by /u/White___Velvet in /r/AskHistorians

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