Full Idea
Men learn partly by habituation and partly by listening.
Gist of Idea
Men learn partly by habit, and partly by listening
Source
Aristotle (Politics [c.332 BCE], 1332b10)
Book Reference
Aristotle: 'Politics', ed/tr. Sinclair,T.A. /Saunders,T. [Penguin 1992], p.430
A Reaction
Habit is almost an education of the body rather than of the mind, like a pianist making their fingers learn to play a piece.