On Habit by Clare Carlisle

On Habit

Clare Carlisle

168 pages first pub 2014 (editions)

nonfiction philosophy informative reflective medium-paced
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For Aristotle, excellence is not an act but a habit, and Hume regards habit as 'the great guide of life'. However, for Proust habit is problematic: 'if habit is a second nature, it prevents us from knowing our first.' What is habit? Do habits turn...

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