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Originally Posted by Deathrydar
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“Waste no more time arguing what a good man should be. Be one.” – Marcus Aurelius
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Yeah, Aristotle essentially made that argument. That is why virtue is a habit, not an idea, as Plato, Aristotle's teacher, had claimed.
Being good = doing good actions in a regular manner, as in good habits, practices, customs, etc.
Every day I walk past this old lady's house. She suffers from neuropathy in her outer limbs. If she is out in her yard I stop and chat and prick her with a safety pin to check how far up the limbs the neuropathy is progressing.
That's basically how a "good person" acts. Arguing about what a good person is, is less time you can spend actually being good.
Go out and do good. Full stop.
Help people.