Arete

concept in Greek philosophy meaning "excellence of any kind" or "moral virtue", ultimately bound up, in its earliest appearance in Greek, with the notion of the fulfillment of purpose or function (the act of living up to one's full potential)
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Arete

Summary

Arete is a philosophical concept[1]. Arete draws 637 Wikipedia views per month (philosophical_concept category, ranking #36 of 256).[2]

Key Facts

  • Arete's instance of is recorded as philosophical concept[3].
  • Arete's instance of is recorded as ethical concept[4].
  • Arete's instance of is recorded as ancient Greek word[5].
  • Arete's instance of is recorded as personification[6].
  • Arete's instance of is recorded as Greek deity[7].
  • Arete's GND ID is recorded as 4133864-9[8].
  • Arete's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh96000276[9].
  • Arete's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 16185019f[10].
  • Arete's part of is recorded as Greek mythology[11].
  • Arete's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02s4yj[12].
  • Arete's facet of is recorded as ancient Greek philosophy[13].
  • Arete's described by source is recorded as Pauly–Wissowa[14].
  • Arete's different from is recorded as Arete[15].
  • Arete's FAST ID is recorded as 814236[16].
  • Arete's Theoi Project ID is recorded as Daimon/Arete[17].
  • Arete's De Agostini ID is recorded as areté[18].
  • Arete's National Library of Israel J9U ID is recorded as 987007537275405171[19].
  • Arete's Lex ID is recorded as arete[20].
  • Arete's Trismegistos god ID is recorded as 850[21].
  • Arete's Digital LIMC ID is recorded as UsL1QV4pROuplk33R1MUBAA[22].

Body

Geography

Arete's part of is recorded as Greek mythology[11].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include philosophical concept[3], ethical concept[4], ancient Greek word[5], personification[6], and Greek deity[7].

Why It Matters

Arete draws 637 Wikipedia views per month (philosophical_concept category, ranking #36 of 256).[2] Arete has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23] Arete is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[24]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . National Library of Israel. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [23] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [24] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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