Nicomachean Ethics
Nicomachean Ethics
Book II
One of Aristotle's main themes in this essay is that there are two kinds of virtue: intellectual and moral. Intellectual virtue is learned by being taught by someone else, and moral virtue is a result of habit (570). We do not get moral virtues by nature, rather Aristotle says that "we are adapted by nature to receive them, and are made perfect by habit" (570). We are given the potential to do virtuous activities, and later actually participate in these virtuous activities. In order to obtain these virtues one must first exercise them. A football quarterback does not become a quarterback unless he actually picks up a football and practices. This does not mean he will be a good player, but either good or bad, he has acquired that skill. Virtues are acquired in this same manner (570). "We become just by doing just acts, temperate by doing temperate acts, brave by doing brace acts" (507).
Another main point is that that virtues are states of......
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