Full Idea
In every sphere of conduct people develop qualities corresponding to the activities that they pursue.
Gist of Idea
People develop their characters through the activities they pursue
Source
Aristotle (Nicomachean Ethics [c.334 BCE], 1114a07)
Book Reference
Aristotle: 'Ethics (Nicomachean)', ed/tr. ThomsonJ A K/TredennickH [Penguin 1976], p.123
A Reaction
Correct. Hence the crucial thing for a good human life is the choice of activity when young. We can impose activity on the young, but the top aim of education is to teach people how to make good choices. ('Fat chance!' I hear you say..)
Related Idea
Idea 49 Character is revealed by the pleasures and pains people feel [Aristotle]