{"id":2125,"date":"2021-06-19T08:40:17","date_gmt":"2021-06-19T13:40:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/educationalrenaissance.com\/?p=2125"},"modified":"2023-05-14T19:33:17","modified_gmt":"2023-05-15T00:33:17","slug":"practicing-in-the-dark-or-the-day-well-worn-paths-or-bushwalking-artistry-and-moral-virtue-continued","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/educationalrenaissance.com\/2021\/06\/19\/practicing-in-the-dark-or-the-day-well-worn-paths-or-bushwalking-artistry-and-moral-virtue-continued\/","title":{"rendered":"Practicing in the Dark or the Day: Well-worn Paths or Bushwalking, Artistry and Moral Virtue Continued"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In my last article we explored the analogy between Aristotle\u2019s intellectual virtue of artistry or craftsmanship (Greek: techne<\/em>) and moral virtue<\/a>, taking our cue from the Nicomachean Ethics<\/em> book II. Along the way we discovered the foundation for these two types of excellence in habit development or the neural networks of the brain. Excellence, according to Aristotle, comes by the type of practice or exercise that works along the lines of nature. The modern Copernican revolution of neurobiology confirms this thesis by revealing the role of myelin, a white fatty substance that is wrapped around neural circuits that fire together. Skills like reading and writing, driving taxicabs, running a four minute mile or acting courageously in the face of danger have a basis in the brain, even if the spiritual nature of human beings cannot be reduced to matter and electrical signals. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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