Single Idea 2842

[catalogued under 25. Social Practice / E. Policies / 5. Education / c. Teaching]

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.