kalokagathia
Kalokagathia is an ancient Greek ideal combining physical beauty and moral virtue—the notion that external grace reflects inner goodness.
The word literally joins "beautiful" and "good." In classical thought, a person of kalokagathia possessed both an admirable body and an admirable character, the two inseparable: The gymnasium trained young men toward kalokagathia, cultivating body and soul together.
Sharp glacial ridge
- excellenceOutstanding quality or merit
- goodnessMoral excellence
- righteousnessMoral correctness or virtue
- integrityMoral soundness and consistency
nobility · honor · character · wholeness · completeness · self-mastery · temperance · prudence
Aesthetic excellence
- physical beautyAttractive outward appearance
- graceEffortless beauty of motion
- eleganceRefined, graceful quality
- refinementElegance of manner
proportion · symmetry · harmony · comeliness · attractiveness · pulchritude · form · radiance
Greco-Roman historical period
- AthenianAncient Greek city-dweller
- gymnasiumIndoor athletic facility
- agoraGreek civic square
- HellenicOf Greek origin
Plato · Socrates · Aristotle · classical education · ancient Greece · Olympic · symposium · Greek philosophy
arete
Sharp glacial ridge
- excellenceOutstanding quality or merit
- goodnessMoral excellence
- righteousnessMoral correctness or virtue
integrity · nobility · honor · character · wholeness · completeness · self-mastery · temperance · prudence · justice
beauty
Aesthetic excellence
- physical beautyAttractive outward appearance
- graceEffortless beauty of motion
- eleganceRefined, graceful quality
refinement · proportion · symmetry · harmony · comeliness · attractiveness · pulchritude · form · radiance · splendor
classical antiquity
Greco-Roman historical period
Hellenic · Plato · Socrates · Aristotle · classical education · ancient Greece · Olympic · symposium · Greek philosophy · Hellas
integration
Combining into a whole
mind-body · equilibrium · completeness · synthesis · harmony · totality · alignment · soundness · integrity
gentleman
Courteous, honorable man
aristocrat · high-born · well-bred · courtly · chivalry · gallantry · gentility · lordly · distinguished · honorable
- ancient athleticsOlympics, pentathlon, marathon, boxing, wrestling
kalokagathiaturpitude
Inherent wickedness or vileness
baseness · depravity · vileness · ignobility · moral corruption
kalokagathiadegradation
Decline in condition
corruption · degeneracy · vice · arete · moral bankruptcy