aristotle's poetics...

One quote that really made me think is from a man named J.C. Watts who said, "Everyone tries to define this thing called Character. It's not hard. Character is doing what's right when nobody's looking." I think people try to hard to think about what good or bad character actually is. its not about doing good things for people or even doing something bad which would be bad character. it's plainly simple; Character is doing what is the right thing to do when no one is around to see you do it. it's the self-satisfaction that you get out of doing something good that you know is the right thing to do.

1) one passage i found is on page 5 where it says, "In respect of character there are four things to be aimed at. First, and most important, it must be good. this is true in the sense that character is a good thing if your doing it yourself and you know no one is there to see it but you know you are doing the right thing anyway.

2) page 6, "in general, the impossible must be justified by reference to artistic requirements, or to the higher reality, or to received opinion." having good character is not impossible or not as hard as people think. character is actually a very simple thing. everyone may have their own opinion that they are entitled to. but character is one of the most important things to have in a higher reality.