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Originally Posted by Michael Chui  At the risk of formenting further discussion,
"Therefore the good man should be a lover of self (for he will both himself profit by doing noble acts, and will benefit his fellows), but the wicked man should not; for he will hurt both himself and his neighbours, following as he does evil passions."
-- Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book 9, Chapter 8. |
Yup, there's nothing new in the world of philosophy, just new ways of expressing it.
It should be noted that the word "wicked" did NOT mean "morally bad" to Aristotle as somebody said up there ^. It was meant as a person who does not possess virtuous characteristic and that is a whole different kettle of fish to the modern concept of morally bad.