Franklin Virtues and Rationalist Point of Views
Everyone must answer these questions:
What is your favorite Franklin quotation from his Autobiography? (Please cite the quotation in the text and comment on it).
What character traits did Franklin possess that made him a successful man? Make sure to elaborate.
Which virtue on Franklin's list do you think is most important? Why?
What is your favorite Franklin quotation from his Autobiography? (Please cite the quotation in the text and comment on it).
What character traits did Franklin possess that made him a successful man? Make sure to elaborate.
Which virtue on Franklin's list do you think is most important? Why?
posted by Jessie C. at 8:21 AM
3 Comments:
My favorite quote from the autobiography is "It proved to be my old favorite author, Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress" pg 88. The Pilgrims Progress is a book about a Christian man and the burden of sin he carries. This boook was very valuable to Franklin. One thing that people don't think of when they think Ben Franklin, is his faith and how his life and virtues revolved around it. This passage really displays that. I think the part of Franklin that made him so succesful was the fact that he was an honest God-fearing man. I seriously doubt that some of the written virtues would exist had Franklin not been a Christian. My favorite virtue is Industry. If Franklin hadn't abided by this, he would have no intent to follow any of the rest.
My favorite quote was, "I would conquer all that either natural inclination, custom, or company might lead me into." (pg. 92) I think that the one main trait would have to be that he had his prioritys strait and knew what he needed to do with his life. He set out a list of virtues that he wanted to live his life by, each of these had there own way of helping him through his life and made him feel better about every thing. I think that his best virtue was Fragality, make no expense but to do good to others or yourself; i.e.,waste nothing. I thought this one because you can never feel good if you don't do things that you want to do and helping others makes you feel good to.
My favorite Franklin quote from his "Autobiography" on page 90, when he says, "A man being sometimes more generous when he has but a little money than when he has plenty, perhaps through fear of being thought to have but little." I like this quote because, although I agree with it, it is more interesting to me becuase it is intruiging to me that one can make in depth observations on their own actions whereas most others stick to observing strictly others. Franklin was successful because he was able to think logically, but still with passion, about every situation. An example was when he put so much into getting bread and then gave the extra to the woman and child he had only just met. I think that frugality is the most important virtue on Franklin's list because it ties somehow into almost anything.
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