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Moderation and the Mean in the Literature of Spain's Golden Age MED038000 Javier Corrales develops a theoryThis book presents the first sustained analysis of the reception of the Aristotelian golden mean and related ideas of moderation in the literature and thought of early modern Spain (1500 1700). It explores the Golden Age understanding of Aristotle's doctrine as a prolegomenon to literary study, and its allegorical reformulation in the myths of Icarus and Phaethon, before arguing that scrutiny of how the mean and the related concept of ethical