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← The virtues needed to lead a good life cannot be formulated as rules

8 connected korrents · 1 moment from 8 Jun 1637 to 8 Jun 1637.

Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: The virtues needed to lead a good life cannot be formulated as rules The virtues needed to lead a good lifecannot be formulated as rules MA Mortimer Adler — holds since c. 1970 — tap for who they are Same subject: Without being raised under right laws, it is hard to get a right training for virtue from youth — tap to centre the map on it Without being raised under rightlaws, it is hard to get a righttraining for virtue from youth AR Aristotle — holds since c. 367–322 BCE — tap for who they are Same subject: Advice should follow how people actually live, since acting wholly on professed virtue among so much evil leads to ruin — tap to centre the map on it Advice should follow how peopleactually live, since acting whollyon professed virtue among so muchevil leads to ruin NM Niccolò Machiavelli — holds since c. 1513–1514 — tap for who they are Same subject: Having a vigorous mind is not enough; what matters most is applying it rightly — tap to centre the map on it Having a vigorous mind is notenough; what matters most isapplying it rightly Last stated 389 years ago 8 Jun 1637 RD René Descartes — holds since 1637-06-08 — tap for who they are Same subject: Moral virtue is a settled habit of preferring a good life to a good time — tap to centre the map on it Moral virtue is a settled habit ofpreferring a good life to a goodtime MA Mortimer Adler — holds since c. 1970 — tap for who they are Same subject: A wise ruler need not keep his word when it would harm him and its reasons are gone, because people are not wholly good — tap to centre the map on it A wise ruler need not keep his wordwhen it would harm him and itsreasons are gone, because people arenot wholly good NM Niccolò Machiavelli — holds since c. 1513–1514 — tap for who they are Same subject: People led by virtue and the rules of propriety gain a sense of shame and become good — tap to centre the map on it People led by virtue and the rulesof propriety gain a sense of shameand become good CO Confucius — holds since c. 551–479 BCE — tap for who they are Same subject: No moral virtue arises in us by nature — tap to centre the map on it No moral virtue arises in us bynature AR Aristotle — holds since c. 367–322 BCE — tap for who they are Same subject: Discussing virtue daily is the greatest good, and the unexamined life is not worth living — tap to centre the map on it Discussing virtue daily is thegreatest good, and the unexaminedlife is not worth living SO Socrates — holds since c. 399 BCE — tap for who they are
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At the centre The virtues needed to lead a good life cannot be formulated as rules Last stated c. 1970 Holds Mortimer Adler Read this korrent →