http://forums.thinkarete.com/forums/the-big-ideas/topics/enkrateia en-us 60 <p align="center">&ldquo;<em>One can have no smaller or greater mastery, then mastery of oneself.&rdquo;</em></p><p align="center">~ Leonardo da Vinci</p><p><em>Enkrateia</em>. It&rsquo;s a Greek word. And is a chief virtue in the philosophies of Plato, Aristotle, and the Stoics.</p><p>The root, &ldquo;krat-&ldquo; means power or control and the virtue of &ldquo;Enkrateia&rdquo; is found when we exercise a mastery over ourselves.</p><p>What area of your life could use a little more <em>enkrateia</em>?!?</p><p>Get on it, yo!</p> Fri, 11 Jan 2008 22:43:19 -0000 forums.thinkarete.com:503:374:374 brian http://forums.thinkarete.com/forums/503/topics/374