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 亚里士多德

因此,道德美德既不是自然产生的,也不是违反自然的。自然的确在我们心中为它们的接受做了准备,但它们的完全形成是习惯的产物。

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What is morality in any given time or place? It is what the majority then and there happen to like, and immorality is what they dislike.

在任何特定的时间或地点,道德是什么?这是当时和当时大多数人碰巧喜欢的,不道德是他们不喜欢的。

Art, like morality, consists in drawing the line somewhere.

艺术,就像道德一样,就是在某处画一条线。