"The [[Greeks]] had a word, [[pleonexia]]— self-serving— which they said was **the worst kind of life**. We might say that justice, virtue— **being good and not just great— is the antithesis of this**. One takes you north, the other south, one leads you forward, the other backward, down, down to depths." --- **Tags** -- [[quotes]], [[character]], [[personal-values]], [[discipline]], [[stoicism]], [[self-serving-bias]] **Source** -- [[202409180127 - B - Right Thing, Right Now]]