Aristotle's View on Virtue and Senses
Lesson 5
-How does Aristotle compare the virtues to the senses?
Virtues and sense are not similar, sense you are born with, then you use them. Virtues are habits. When you engage in actions, they become habits (either viture or vice) with these habits, you continue with those virtues, becomes a cycle. Senses are the power to use them. With habits (habits) courage, self control, you first engage in the actions. This is the way our character develops. You become courageous by doing courageous actions, they become habits, you have now developed strengths and confidence. How do I do the first courageous action? It’s hard, you don’t do it on your own. Your are guided, ex: parents. Parents try to inculcate certain habit in you. Like riding a bike, someone is guiding you, helping, parents let go and now you’re riding your bike, you’re doing it. It’s important how you start. The things we learn before doing them we learn by doing. You look at people, want to be like that, then you do it.
-What’s a characteristic?
Characteristic is another word for habit. A habit is a routine, a chacteristic, disposition. Characteristics develop from corresponding activities. We are patterend beings. The things we do naturally, unthinkingly, are habits. For some some these patterns are good-this is a virtue. For some patterns are not good (fighting yourself). Ex food-always eating healthy, tastes good, this is a vitue, it comes easily to you because it’s a habit. If it doesn’t taste good to you and you eat junk food that’s a vice. We have to see that our activites of a certain kind, because it will reflect in our characteristics. The way you start out is very important. It’s important what you’re encouraged to do.
-How do you change bad habits?
Start new patterns.
-Virtue is what you want, but virtue is rare. Virtuous does not mean good.
-6 different ways to be: god-like, virtuous, continent, incontinent, vicious, and beast like. Born god like: not really human, born
-How does Aristotle compare the virtues to the senses?
Virtues and sense are not similar, sense you are born with, then you use them. Virtues are habits. When you engage in actions, they become habits (either viture or vice) with these habits, you continue with those virtues, becomes a cycle. Senses are the power to use them. With habits (habits) courage, self control, you first engage in the actions. This is the way our character develops. You become courageous by doing courageous actions, they become habits, you have now developed strengths and confidence. How do I do the first courageous action? It’s hard, you don’t do it on your own. Your are guided, ex: parents. Parents try to inculcate certain habit in you. Like riding a bike, someone is guiding you, helping, parents let go and now you’re riding your bike, you’re doing it. It’s important how you start. The things we learn before doing them we learn by doing. You look at people, want to be like that, then you do it.
-What’s a characteristic?
Characteristic is another word for habit. A habit is a routine, a chacteristic, disposition. Characteristics develop from corresponding activities. We are patterend beings. The things we do naturally, unthinkingly, are habits. For some some these patterns are good-this is a virtue. For some patterns are not good (fighting yourself). Ex food-always eating healthy, tastes good, this is a vitue, it comes easily to you because it’s a habit. If it doesn’t taste good to you and you eat junk food that’s a vice. We have to see that our activites of a certain kind, because it will reflect in our characteristics. The way you start out is very important. It’s important what you’re encouraged to do.
-How do you change bad habits?
Start new patterns.
-Virtue is what you want, but virtue is rare. Virtuous does not mean good.
-6 different ways to be: god-like, virtuous, continent, incontinent, vicious, and beast like. Born god like: not really human, born