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Full Idea
We ought, so far as in us lies, to put on immortality, and do all that we can to live in conformity with the highest that is in us.
Gist of Idea
We should aspire to immortality, and live by what is highest in us
Source
Aristotle (Nicomachean Ethics [c.334 BCE], 1177b33)
Book Ref
Aristotle: 'Ethics (Nicomachean)', ed/tr. ThomsonJ A K/TredennickH [Penguin 1976], p.331
A Reaction
This high/low picture should be treated with caution. 'Be a good animal, true to your animal self', says a D.H. Lawrence character. Why aspire to what is unattainable?