Lo�c Wacquant wrote that habitus is an old philosophical notion, originating in the thought of Aristotle, whose notion of " hexis " ( " state " ) was translated into " habitus " by the Medieval Scholastics.
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Also see Aristotle's Categories viii where a hexis ( " habit " in the translation of Edghill ) is contrasted with a disposition ( " diathesis " ) in terms of it being more permanent and less easy to change.
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In perhaps the most important case, Aristotle contrasted " hexis " with " energeia " ( in the sense of activity or operation ) at Nicomachean Ethics I . viii . 1098b33 and Eudemian Ethics II . i . 1218b.
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Moral virtue, or excellence of character, is the disposition ( Grk " hexis " ) to act excellently, which a person develops partly as a result of his upbringing, and partly as a result of his habit of action.
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According to Plotinus, virtue is a hexis of the soul that is not primarily related to praxis and habituation; hexis is a quality of being in an active state of possession that intellectualizes the soul in permanent contemplation of the intelligible world ( Enn.
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According to Plotinus, virtue is a hexis of the soul that is not primarily related to praxis and habituation; hexis is a quality of being in an active state of possession that intellectualizes the soul in permanent contemplation of the intelligible world ( Enn.
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Secondly, according to Aristotle's way of analyzing causation, a good or bad thing can either be an activity ( " being at work ", " energeia " ), or else a stable disposition ( " hexis " ).
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The champions of the 2010 season were crowned at the JR Motorsports team won the year's Drivers'Championship in the penultimate race of the season, while Hexis AMR ( Aston Martin ) won the Teams'title in the final race of the year.
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In the United Kingdom Hexis S . A . is represented by its exclusive distributor Hexis UK Ltd . Based in Lichfield, Staffordshire, the UK company was founded in 1994 by its current ( 2015 ) managing director Scott Wilkins and its then managing director Philip Wilkins.
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In the United Kingdom Hexis S . A . is represented by its exclusive distributor Hexis UK Ltd . Based in Lichfield, Staffordshire, the UK company was founded in 1994 by its current ( 2015 ) managing director Scott Wilkins and its then managing director Philip Wilkins.
