I practiced Ben Franklin's 13 virtue system for 3 years

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Post by jaymeh13 » Wed, Oct 25, 2017, 3:53 PM UTC

I practiced Ben Franklin's 13 virtue system for 3 years
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Post by gremlinsinc » Wed, Oct 25, 2017, 4:05 PM UTC

I'm just curious if they practiced that 'chastity' one... cause 'no thanks' lol

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Post by iak8god » Wed, Oct 25, 2017, 4:16 PM UTC

gremlinsinc wrote: post #2

I'm just curious if they practiced that 'chastity' one... cause 'no thanks' lol

"but for health" allows a lot. And "never to dullness, weakness, or to the injury of your own, or others' peace or reputation" is a pretty solid policy.

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Post by leephillips » Wed, Oct 25, 2017, 4:19 PM UTC

D.H. Lawrence's take on Franklin's virtues is immortal:

http://www2.sunysuffolk.edu/lewiss/lawrence.htm

My high school English teacher, Frank McCourt, used to love reading this out loud.

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Post by emodendroket » Wed, Oct 25, 2017, 4:22 PM UTC

I'm sorry but it's very hard for me to take seriously Ben Franklin's exhortations to chastity and temperance. I guess he had some awareness of this given his famous dialogue with gout. http://www.bartleby.com/109/3.html

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Post by PatientTrades » Wed, Oct 25, 2017, 4:27 PM UTC

Great post, nice system to improve the self.

Sidenote: I think its fair to say Franklin never achieved the "Justice" virtue considering he was considered a racist. I guess pretty much all influential white man in America during the 1700s were though. But check out Benjamin Franklin's "Obervations Concerning the Increase of Mankind, Peopling of Countries."

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Post by smaddox » Wed, Oct 25, 2017, 4:32 PM UTC

emodendroket wrote: post #5

I'm sorry but it's very hard for me to take seriously Ben Franklin's exhortations to chastity and temperance. I guess he had some awareness of this given his famous dialogue with gout. http://www.bartleby.com/109/3.html

I doubt Ben took them seriously. He's well known for having fabricated popular stories on slow publication weeks/months. This was likely his form of click-bate.

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Post by cholantesh » Wed, Oct 25, 2017, 4:34 PM UTC

leephillips wrote: post #4

D.H. Lawrence's take on Franklin's virtues is immortal: http://www2.sunysuffolk.edu/lewiss/lawrence.htm My high school English teacher, Frank McCourt, used to love reading this out loud.

The Frank McCourt? Angela's Ashes Frank McCourt?

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Post by allan_golds » Wed, Oct 25, 2017, 4:39 PM UTC

Unclosable pop-up window.

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Post by tome » Wed, Oct 25, 2017, 4:43 PM UTC

smaddox wrote: post #7

emodendroket wrote: post #5

I'm sorry but it's very hard for me to take seriously Ben Franklin's exhortations to chastity and temperance. I guess he had some awareness of this given his famous dialogue with gout. http://www.bartleby.com/109/3.html

I doubt Ben took them seriously. He's well known for having fabricated popular stories on slow publication weeks/months. This was likely his form of click-bate.

Click-bait? I think click-bate is something else.