Full Idea
It is a fantasy that only through the study of philosophy can one become virtuous.
Gist of Idea
It is a fantasy that only through the study of philosophy can one become virtuous
Source
Rosalind Hursthouse (On Virtue Ethics [1999], Ch.6)
Book Reference
Hursthouse,Rosalind: 'On Virtue Ethics' [OUP 2001], p.137
A Reaction
I personally believe that philosophy is the best route yet devised to the achievement of virtue, but it is clearly not essential. All the philosophers I meet are remarkably virtuous, but that may be a chicken/egg thing.