“For Aristotle, it's not enough simply to act in accordance with the reason once in a while. We must cultivate habits of virtue that develop into a firmly established moral character over a lifetime.”

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This note points to virtue as a matter of repeated practice, not isolated good intentions. The emphasis is on character formed over time, so moral life reads as something trained and steadied by habit. It lands in situations where someone is tempted to rely on one-off effort, and needs reminding that consistency shapes who they become.

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