| ▲ | great_wubwub 5 hours ago | |
“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.” Aristotle never said this. It's Will Durant. https://medium.com/the-mission/my-favourite-quote-of-all-tim... https://old.reddit.com/r/askphilosophy/comments/s2n3s/source... This invalidates the post for me, it takes it from academic research to fanboy posting. | ||
| ▲ | ceroxylon 3 hours ago | parent | next [-] | |
Funnily enough, people attributing "smart sounding" quotes to Aristotle has been a headache for historians for as long as Aristotle's writing has been around. The more things change... | ||
| ▲ | andsoitis 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | |
The saying is a paraphrase of Aristotle's ideas on virtue. Technically the words are that of Durant but the core idea is Aristotle. | ||