Golden mean
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Golden mean may refer to:
- Doctrine of the Golden Mean (Chinese: 中庸; pinyin: Zhōng Yóng), a chapter in Li Ji, one of the Four Books of Confucianism
- Golden mean (philosophy)Golden mean (philosophy)In philosophy, especially that of Aristotle, the golden mean is the desirable middle between two extremes, one of excess and the other of deficiency. For example courage, a virtue, if taken to excess would manifest as recklessness and if deficient as cowardice....
, the felicitous middle between the extremes of excess and deficiency - Golden ratioGolden ratioIn mathematics and the arts, two quantities are in the golden ratio if the ratio of the sum of the quantities to the larger quantity is equal to the ratio of the larger quantity to the smaller one. The golden ratio is an irrational mathematical constant, approximately 1.61803398874989...
, a specific mathematical ratio (sometimes called golden mean) - The Golden Mean (novel), the third novel in Nick BantockNick BantockNick Bantock is a British artist and author based in Saltspring Island, British Columbia. Bantock is well-known for his popular series, The Griffin and Sabine Trilogy, and for making collage popular...
's series, The Griffin and Sabine TrilogyThe Griffin and Sabine TrilogyThe Griffin and Sabine Trilogy is a series of three bestsellingepistolary novels written by Nick Bantock. The novels in the series, Griffin and Sabine, Sabine's Notebook and The Golden Mean, were first published in 1991, 1992 and 1993 respectively. Each story is told through a series of letters and...
. - The golden-mean fallacy, another name for the argument to moderation