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The Virtue of Reason
The non-rational part of the soul shares somehow in reason as much as it heeds it and is apt to be obedient to its commands. Even if you don't have a theory of moral virtue, but you're behaving the way your dad teaches you - that's an upright kind of teaching. So we assert that he who is in this way obedient to the commands of his father and friends in some manner possesses reason. We do not say that he is wise or comprehending, but that he is gentle or moderate. Yet we praise the wise person too with respect to the characteristic that is his.
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