Aristotle quote: The moral virtues, then, are produced in us neither by nature nor against nature. Nature, indeed, prepares in us the ...

The moral virtues, then, are produced in us neither by nature nor against nature. Nature, indeed, prepares in us the ground for their reception, but their complete formation is the product of habit.

~ Aristotle ~

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