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SonicGhost t1_itf5mzh wrote

That sounds more like Aristotle!

Quality is such a weird translation of (I assume) ἀρετή; the usual translation is virtue. The context of this quote is that Aristotle is giving an account of how one can develop the correct appetites or desires (separate from rationality). This is because he thinks that the truly virtuous man is in harmony with himself: he both desires and knows what the right thing to do is.

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