Moral excellence comes about as a result of habit. We become just by doing just acts, temperate by doing temperate acts, brave by doing brave acts. Do you know who said it? Frogspeaceflower is very tired, Good Night to all of you!
2006-10-17 20:59:45 · 12 answers · asked by frogspeaceflower 4 in Politics & Government ➔ Civic Participation
I utterly agree with with the statement!
I have no idea who made it..but I'm looking.
Sleep tight frogspeac...
2006-10-17 21:12:37 · answer #1 · answered by Chencha 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think it's specious and superficial.
You don't become just by doing just acts any more than you become a frog by leaping about and eating flies. If you are not a just person in the first place, the closest you can come to doing just acts is not participating in unjust actions.
The premise is that you become something by behaving as if you were already that. I'm rather sure that becoming a brain surgeon doesn't work like that, nor can you become a farmer by buying a pair of overalls and hanging out at the feed store.
I don't know who said it, but they were most likely hoping to inspire people to behave better than their individual base natures would otherwise require. I doubt that the speaker actually believed what they said.
2006-10-18 15:00:14 · answer #2 · answered by open4one 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I would agree with that; however, I would add that one must often learn by an example first, then emulate that behaviour in order to learn what it is to be Just, Temperate, and Brave in our own right.
2006-10-18 06:09:34 · answer #3 · answered by APRock 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Aristotle. I don't know what "moral excellence" is, so I don't know if I agree with it. But certainly such a person will appear just, temperate, and brave.
2006-10-18 04:19:51 · answer #4 · answered by A B 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I somewhat agree. Sounds old. Almost Roman Era.
2006-10-18 04:03:16 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't. Repetition of unsound actions continues to be unsound. You need to establish a sound moral base for your activities, and apply it. Hint: religion is not a good place to start.
2006-10-18 04:20:51 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
yes i agree with it
sorry don't know who said it
hope you had a good night's sleep
2006-10-18 10:37:50 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
People who speak of themselves in the third person are idiots.
Good night to you too.
2006-10-18 06:33:06 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I don't know who said it but i must say it is correct.
2006-10-18 04:03:30 · answer #9 · answered by pennie 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
tiny Tim said it
2006-10-18 10:44:26 · answer #10 · answered by enterprisefence 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋