[309] Eth. Nic., 1122-25.
[310] I have in mind such passages as P., VIII, 76-78, 92-96; N., VI, 1-4; N., XI, 13-16.
[311] “II n’y eut jamais pour moi d’intermédiaire entre tout et rien.” Confessions, Livre VII.
[312] Some wag, it will be remembered, suggested as an alternative title for this work: Wild Religions I have known.
[313] Letters, II, 298; cf. ibid., 291: “I have never known a life less wisely controlled or less helped by the wisdom of others than his. The whole retrospect of it is pathetic; waste, confusion, ruin of one of the most gifted and sweetest natures the world ever knew.”
[314] Nic. Eth., 1145 b. The opposition between Socrates or Plato and Aristotle, when put thus baldly, is a bit misleading. Socrates emphasized the importance of practice (μελέτη) in the acquisition of virtue, and Plato has made much of habit in the Laws.
[315] Analects, II, CIV.
[316] This belief the Oriental has embodied in the doctrine of Karma.
[317] “La seule habitude qu’on doit laisser prendre à l’enfant est de n’en contractor aucune.” Emile, Livre I.
[318] Emile was to be trained to be a cabinet-maker.