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Single Idea 524

[filed under theme 23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 2. Elements of Virtue Theory / d. Teaching virtue ]

Full Idea

More men become good through practice than by nature.

Clarification

'Nature' is the Greek word 'physis'

Gist of Idea

Virtue comes more from practice than from nature

Source

Democritus (attrib) (reports [c.250 BCE], B242), quoted by John Stobaeus - Anthology 3.29.66

Book Ref

'Ancilla to the Pre-Socratic Philosophers', ed/tr. Freeman,Kathleen [Harvard 1957], p.113