The virtues are produced by the right social organization and by good rearing and education, the vices by the opposite.
This harkens back to ch. I, concerning "those who would hear about the Gods."
I was going to whine about this, but then I thought of the example of King Sharyar in the Thousand Nights and a Night: indeed, he was virtueless until he was educated, albeit in an unconventional fashion. Similarly, my education was very poor, but I suppose I'm coming around in the end: autodidacts are still educated, after a fashion!
So I think I disagree with this in the way in which Sallustius meant it, but I agree with the general principle underlying it!
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Date: 2022-01-05 04:15 pm (UTC)This harkens back to ch. I, concerning "those who would hear about the Gods."
I was going to whine about this, but then I thought of the example of King Sharyar in the Thousand Nights and a Night: indeed, he was virtueless until he was educated, albeit in an unconventional fashion. Similarly, my education was very poor, but I suppose I'm coming around in the end: autodidacts are still educated, after a fashion!
So I think I disagree with this in the way in which Sallustius meant it, but I agree with the general principle underlying it!