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And therefore it is
clear that none of the moral virtues formed is engendered in us by nature, for no natural property can be altered by habit. For
instance, it is the nature of a stone to move downwards, and it cannot be trained to move
upwards, even though you should try to train it to do so by throwing it up into the air
ten thousand times; nor can fire be trained to move downwards, nor can anything else that
naturally behaves in one way be trained into a habit of behaving in another way.
Aristotle in 23 Volumes, Vol. 19, translated by H. Rackham. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1934.
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