He said that happiness does not lie in pleasure but in virtuous activity. By virtuous activity, he meant behaving according to a mean between extremes. ... Plato further claimed that happiness is the natural consequence of a healthy state of the soul. Because moral virtue makes up the health of the soul, all people should desire to be virtuous. ... "Plato argued that it is worse to commit an injustice than to suffer one, because immoral behavior is the symptom of a diseased soul. ...

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