One who depends on excess and one who depends on defects, but the virtuous person will choose neither excess nor defects he will choose to be in between the one other . To better explain this concept let's take an example. Halfway between imprudence and cowardice lies the virtue of courage. The reckless person has little fear and the cowardly person has a lot of fear, but the courageous person will not act recklessly or act cowardly: he will simply have courage. For this reason a virtuous person will not find himself between two extremes that do not conform to virtue