Sophrosyne
Sign in to savethumb|right|Temperantia (1872), by Edward Burne-Jones Sophrosyne () is an ancient Greek concept of an ideal of excellence of character and soundness of mind, which when combined in one well-balanced individual leads to other qualities, such as temperance, moderation, prudence, purity, decorum, and self-control. An adjectival form is "sophron".
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thumb|right|Temperantia (1872), by Edward Burne-Jones Sophrosyne () is an ancient Greek concept of an ideal of excellence of character and soundness of mind, which when combined in one well-balanced individual leads to other qualities, such as temperance, moderation, prudence, purity, decorum, and self-control. An adjectival form is "sophron".
It is similar to the concepts of () of Chinese Confucianism and () of Indian thought.
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