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    It is not the case that It is possible to be closer to or farther from achieving virtue, even if strict moral progress does not exist.

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    • 1.For the Stoics, virtue is a binary disposition of the rational soul: one either has the stable hexis of wisdom or one does not.
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    • 2.If proximity to virtue does not constitute genuine moral progress, then being 'closer' is merely a metaphor with no normative weight or action-guiding force.
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    • 3.A metaphor that tracks no real moral difference cannot ground meaningful distinctions in moral status, as Chrysippus's own uniformity thesis about fools implies.
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    • 1.Aristotle's doctrine of habituation (Nicomachean Ethics II.1) grounds incremental moral progress in actual character formation through repeated virtuous action.
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    • 2.The Stoic claim of proximity without progress borrows the intuitive force of Aristotelian gradualism while rejecting its metaphysical basis in the continuous development of hexis.
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    • 3.A position that appeals to degree without grounding those degrees in a continuous developmental ontology is internally unstable and collapses into either full Aristotelian gradualism or strict Stoic binarism.
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    • 1.The drowning analogy implies one can be nearer to or farther from the surface.
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    • 2.It is possible to be closer to finally being able to perform proper functions in a perfected way.
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