Golden mean may refer to: *

Golden mean (philosophy) The golden mean or golden middle way is the desirable middle between two extremes, one of excess and the other of deficiency. It appeared in Greek at least as early as the Delphic maxim "nothing in excess", which was discussed in Plato's '' Phile ...

, the felicitous middle between the extremes of excess and deficiency *

Golden mean (Judaism) In Jewish literature, the golden mean (Hebrew: "שביל הזהב", "דרך האמצע", "דרך האמצעית") is primarily associated with the philosopher Rambam, and was influenced by the Greek philosopher Aristotle. In Mishneh Torah, Ramba ...

, a philosophy pertaining to body and soul in Jewish belief *

Golden ratio In mathematics, two quantities are in the golden ratio if their ratio is the same as the ratio of their summation, sum to the larger of the two quantities. Expressed algebraically, for quantities and with , is in a golden ratio to if \fr ...

, a specific mathematical ratio (sometimes called ''golden mean'') *

(mathematics and visual art) *''The Golden Mean'' (1993), third novel in '' The Griffin and Sabine Trilogy'' by Nick Bantock *The golden-mean fallacy, another name for the

argument to moderation Argument to moderation ()—also known as the false compromise, argument from middle ground, fallacy of gray, middle ground fallacy, or golden mean fallacy—is the fallacy that the truth Truth or verity is the Property (philosophy), propert ...

*'' Doctrine of the Golden Mean'', a chapter in ''Li Ji'', one of the Four Books of Confucianism

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