שיטת החזון איש וסוקרטס שיש רק מידה טובה אחת | שמונה פרקים פרק ד׳ שיעור י״ט

This shiur examines a fundamental question raised by the Chazon Ish about the nature of middos (character traits): why do we treat virtues like courage, humility, or temperance as separate good qualities when being truly good requires all of them together? The discussion challenges the common assumption that you can work on individual middos separately, arguing instead that genuine virtue is unified – either you’re guided by intellect and reason (and thus have all good middos), or you’re driven by natural inclinations (and your seemingly “good” traits are just natural dispositions, not real virtues). Drawing on Socratic and Aristotelian philosophy, the shiur distinguishes between natural traits that happen to look good and authentic moral excellence that comes from living according to reason, ultimately questioning whether the standard mussar approach of working on one middah per month makes philosophical sense.

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