اسم الکتاب : زندگى تحت توفيقات اصول اخلاق المؤلف : مكارم شيرازى، ناصر الجزء : 1 صفحة : 14
because all of them are concerned with training men's souls. Ontheother
hand, all punishments having a corrective aspect, being common among all
nations throughout the world, were vain and ineffective! We see that even
fierce and wild animals are domesticate dthrough training, and are used for the
purposes against theiroriginal disposition. How we can believe the ill- humor
in men tobe more rooted than ferocity of wild animals!
We believe that the best way for proving this claim isstudying the proced
ure of formation of a" moral habit" in a bidto find the way of
eradicatin g it in the same way it is formed. Weknow that every good or bad
action l eaves a similar effect inman's soul and" attracts" man's
soul to itself. Practice andrepetition of the action increases this effect and
gradually afeature called" custom" is achieved and with more
practice, itchanges in to" habit", and thus man's interior tendency
toperforming that action is increased by rooting of customs andhabits. This reality
is proved by expe rience.
Therefore, if moral customs and habits are formed throughre petition of an
action, they are removable in the same way. Thatis to say first"
action", then" repetition" and then" formation of amoral
attribute and habit".
Of course, suggestion, reflection, correct instructions andhealthy enviro
nment- which has a suggestive effect's are veryeffective in predisposing soul
for acceptance and formation of agood morality.
Ill humor is a sort of disease
All of us know that man enjoys a sp ecial and particular position among all
living creatures, because his pers onality is
اسم الکتاب : زندگى تحت توفيقات اصول اخلاق المؤلف : مكارم شيرازى، ناصر الجزء : 1 صفحة : 14