Comments on: Excellence Comes by Habit: Aristotle on Moral Virtue https://educationalrenaissance.com/2019/03/25/excellence-comes-by-habit-aristotle-on-moral-virtue/ Promoting a Rebirth of Ancient Wisdom for the Modern Era Mon, 15 May 2023 00:05:24 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 By: Jason Barney https://educationalrenaissance.com/2019/03/25/excellence-comes-by-habit-aristotle-on-moral-virtue/#comment-7 Tue, 02 Apr 2019 22:00:13 +0000 https://educationalrenaissance.com/?p=296#comment-7 In reply to Angie Copetillo.

Thanks, Angie! We discussed this passage of Locke in our faculty meeting today and our teachers at Clapham resonated with the idea of proactive presence and gentle encouragement as well.

]]> By: Angie Copetillo https://educationalrenaissance.com/2019/03/25/excellence-comes-by-habit-aristotle-on-moral-virtue/#comment-6 Tue, 02 Apr 2019 01:36:39 +0000 https://educationalrenaissance.com/?p=296#comment-6 I particularly appreciated this key point:
“…because it requires a proactive presence and gentle encouragement beforehand, rather than the harsher but less labor-intensive scolding afterward, Locke’s path of habit training holds incredible promise.”

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