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when we learn how to cook,
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or play a musical instrument, or tell jokes well?
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Discerning particulars,
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particular features of a situation.
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And no rule, no precept,
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could tell the comedian or the cook or the great musician
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how to get in the habit of, the practice of,
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discerning the particular features of a situation.
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Aristotle says virtue is that way too.
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Now, how does this connect to politics?
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The only way we can acquire
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the virtues that constitute the good life