Full Idea
Men become sound and good because of three things: these are nature, habit and reason.
Gist of Idea
People become good because of nature, habit and reason
Source
Aristotle (Politics [c.332 BCE], 1332a38)
Book Reference
Aristotle: 'Politics', ed/tr. Sinclair,T.A. /Saunders,T. [Penguin 1992], p.429
A Reaction
'Habit' is the distinctively Aristotelian idea, but the most attractive part of his account is that habit and reason should combine.