Aeon+Psyche

How to be excellent

Plato and Aristotle can help you resist conventional worldly success, direct your energy and find your own highest calling

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The second step is to use your time in a way that leads to excellence rather than mere success.

For Aristotle, our education begins in the forming of good habits, habits that help us grow.

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