Philosophical concept
Actor and role analogy
The actor analogy tests whether virtue can play either a high or humble social role well without drawing its worth from the role itself.
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- Traditions
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The actor analogy tests whether virtue can play either a high or humble social role well without drawing its worth from the role itself.
In the current corpus, this annotation connects 55 passages across 1 works, including Testimonies and Fragments of Aristo of Chios. These links provide inspectable points of comparison; they do not assume that every author uses the concept in the same sense.
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Works where the concept is identified
- Testimonies and Fragments of Aristo of ChiosAristo of Chios · 55 passages