Aretology

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Aretology \Ar`e*tol"o*gy\, n. [Gr. ?; ? virtue + ? discourse, ?
     to speak: cf. F. ar['e]tologie.]
     That part of moral philosophy which treats of virtue, its
     nature, and the means of attaining to it.
     [1913 Webster]