The Dangers of Pursuing Virtue

Each of us at each moment is progressing to the one state or the other. We wonder, well, how do we make progress in this? And the danger is that we, when we talk about character or acquiring virtue, it just becomes this kind of external, look at how good I'm becoming project. If you're really going to try to meet all the demands made on the natural self, it will not have enough left over to live on. The more you obey your conscience, the more it will demand of you. You will either give up trying to be good, or else become one of those people who as they say, live for others but are always in a discontented gr

Play episode from 04:10

Transcript

The AI-powered Podcast Player

Save insights by tapping your headphones, chat with episodes, discover the best highlights - and more!

Get the app