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men, I become angry.” He would become so angry that his cheeks would be
flushed, although he would never say anything but the truth, from, which anger
never caused him to diverge.
A General Exposition on the Means by, which Good Character may be
Acquired
You have come to know that goodness of character proceeds from an equilibrium
in the rational faculty brought about through sound wisdom, and in the irascible
and appetitive faculties through their submission to the intellect and the Law. This
equilibrium may come about in two ways.
One of these is through Divine grace, and completeness of innate disposition
(kamal fitri), whereby a man is born and created with a sound intellect and a
good character, and is preserved from the powers of desire and anger, which are
created in him moderate and submissive to the intellect and the Law. Thus he
becomes learned without an instructor, and disciplined without being subject to
any discipline, in the manner of Jesus, the son of Mary; and John, the son of
Zachariah, and all the other Prophets (may be blessings of Allah be upon them
flushed, although he would never say anything but the truth, from, which anger
never caused him to diverge.
A General Exposition on the Means by, which Good Character may be
Acquired
You have come to know that goodness of character proceeds from an equilibrium
in the rational faculty brought about through sound wisdom, and in the irascible
and appetitive faculties through their submission to the intellect and the Law. This
equilibrium may come about in two ways.
One of these is through Divine grace, and completeness of innate disposition
(kamal fitri), whereby a man is born and created with a sound intellect and a
good character, and is preserved from the powers of desire and anger, which are
created in him moderate and submissive to the intellect and the Law. Thus he
becomes learned without an instructor, and disciplined without being subject to
any discipline, in the manner of Jesus, the son of Mary; and John, the son of
Zachariah, and all the other Prophets (may be blessings of Allah be upon them