Definition of "arete" []

• Virtue, excellence. (noun)
• Alternative spelling of arête. (noun)

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• "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."
• "The scriptures I cited above translate the word arete as "virtue.")"
• "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.)."