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CXXXI explained
A single aphorism asserting that intellectual training naturally cultivates moral character, and defining a rascal as one who lacks the ability to think.
What happens
A single aphorism asserting that intellectual training naturally cultivates moral character, and defining a rascal as one who lacks the ability to think.
Key passages
“Train the head, and the heart will take care of itself; a rascal is one who knows not how to think.”
Educate the mind, and moral virtue will follow naturally; a scoundrel is simply someone who has never learned to reason.
The chapter reduces moral failure to a failure of intellect, suggesting that thoughtfulness is the root of goodness.