… the familiar example that ‘Virtue is
triangular’ is neither true nor
false, but meaningless.
-- Hao Wang, From Mathematics to
Philosophy (1974), p. 105
This has been the unanimous opinion of philosophers, for at least the
last hundred years. But let us
give it a second look.
‘Tis a truth universally acknowledged, that
=> There
are two sides to every question. <=
Now: Here it is Virtue that is in question; and as such, it has -- like every other
question -- two sides.
But: Triangles have three
sides.
Therefore: Virtue is not
triangular. QED.
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