Full Idea
To act in conformity to virtue is to act according to the guidance of reason.
Gist of Idea
To act virtuously is to act rationally
Source
Baruch de Spinoza (The Ethics [1675], IV Pr 36)
Book Reference
Spinoza,Benedict de: 'Ethics', ed/tr. White,WH/Stirling,AH [Wordsworth 2001], p.187
A Reaction
This Kantian ideal always seems to be missing foundational values or feelings. If something is judged to be rubbish, I throw it away.
Related Idea
Idea 3919 Conclusions of reason do not affect our emotions or decisions to act [Hume]