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    If virtue requires perceiving beauty in actions and souls... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→The candidate for this initiation should begin devoting himself to the beauties of the body as early as possible.

    If virtue requires perceiving beauty in actions and souls as primary, then orienting early education toward bodies cultivates a disposition incompatible with eudaimonia.

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    • 1.Habituation in bodily pursuits trains attention toward external goods, making inner virtue development psychologically difficult.
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    • 2.Eudaimonia requires recognizing beauty in moral character; early bodily focus establishes competing value hierarchies.
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    • 3.Virtue perception is a learned skill; early education shapes which goods appear worthy of attention and pursuit.
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    • 1.Physical education can cultivate virtues like courage, discipline, and temperance—goods integral to eudaimonia itself.
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    • 2.The body and soul are not separate pursuits; bodily excellence can express and reinforce virtue perception.
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    • 3.Early bodily focus may be preparatory, not incompatible—base development can support later perception of beauty in souls.
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