Arete Intelligence

Arete is an ancient Greek concept meaning "excellence". The arete of something is the highest-quality state it can reach. Arete is frequently associated with bravery, but more often with effectiveness. A person with Arete is of the highest effectiveness; they use all their faculties — strength, bravery, and wit — to achieve results. In the world of the Greek poet Homer, then, Arete is the epitome of all of the abilities and potentialities available to humans. Arete is explicitly linked with human knowledge, where the expressions "virtue is knowledge" and "Arete is knowledge" are used interchangeably. The highest human potential is knowledge and all other human abilities are derived from this central capacity. If Arete is knowledge and study, the highest human knowledge is knowledge about knowledge itself; in this light, the theoretical study of human knowledge, which Aristotle called "contemplation", is the highest human ability and happiness. Arete Intelligence (AI) is a UK based organisation whose purpose is the furtherance of excellence in international education. It works with the world’s most respected education opinion leaders to champion this goal.