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How do you understand the line that " Virtue is not something to be taught or acquired through education, but rather, it is merely an awakening of the seeds of good deeds that lay dormant in the mind and heart of person?​

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This is a quote from the Greek philosopher Socrates who was of the opinion that all humans are born with good virtues and that these virtues only lie dormant until they are awakened and cannot be taught through education.

Such virtues include kindness, empathy, justice, generosity, etc.

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