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    It is not the case that Stoic moral psychology, influential in later Aristotelian commentary, treats passions (pathē) as themselves the primary locus of moral evaluation, not merely instruments toward ends.

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    • 1.Aristotle's virtue ethics fundamentally emphasizes right action and practical wisdom, treating emotions as valuable but subordinate supports.
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    • 2.Making passions primary creates the problem that virtuous people could feel conflicting emotions simultaneously, undermining moral clarity.
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    • 3.Historical Aristotelian commentators like Aquinas preserved action-centered ethics, suggesting passions-first interpretation misreads their tradition.
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    • 1.Stoics identify virtue with rational assent; passions stem from false judgments, making them primary sites where moral error originates.
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    • 2.If passions were merely instrumental, a person could act virtuously while experiencing vicious emotions, contradicting Stoic moral unity.
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    • 3.Later Aristotelians adopted this framework to explain why emotional habituation, not just action-repetition, constitutes true virtue development.
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