RuleInspired by Aristotle
Imitating the prudent
What would the prudent person do here? Imitate their discernment until it becomes your own.
For , telling things apart is taught by no rule: perceives what is right in the singular case, and you first learn it by watching those who have it. Right action, he says, is what « the prudent person » would decide. This rule gives you a living compass rather than a recipe: when no method settles the matter, take your bearings from the discernment of those you admire, until in time you come to judge as they do.
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Source: Aristotle
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