“Virtue requires both natural capacity and deliberate practice.”
— Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book II, Chapter 1
(Translated by W.D. Ross)
🔍 Core Idea
Virtues are like smartphones — you need the hardware (natural abilities) and software (learned skills). Just as 5G phones need both quality chips and regular updates, human excellence thrives when inborn potential meets daily ethical workouts.
❗ Why This Matters Today
① Sports Scholarship Paradox
Born with speed (natural gift) → skip practice → lose races to less gifted but disciplined rivals → prove talent without training = wasted potential.
② Anti-Bullying Skill Lab
Natural empathy (capacity) → practice intervening in 3 mock scenarios weekly → transform timid bystander into courageous upstander.
③ Eco-Innovation Fusion
Inherit engineering smarts (nature) → design solar-powered phone chargers (practice) → power refugee camps → show virtue = gift² × effort.