The phrase "acquire virtues" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the process of developing or gaining moral qualities or traits over time.
Example: "Through consistent practice and reflection, one can acquire virtues such as patience and kindness."
Alternatives: "develop virtues" or "cultivate virtues".
This can happen because providence allows man the capacity to be able to acquire virtues, but the success of this enterprise lies in the will and in the choice made by man himself.
Aristotle said that we acquire virtues "by first having put them into action"; "we become just by the practice of just actions".
Baha'is believe that the purpose of life is to know and worship God, to acquire virtues, to promote the oneness of humankind and work to carry forward an ever-advancing civilization.
"I am a religious man, and I waged jihad to acquire virtue," Mr. Shah said in an interview in the prison cell he shares with Mr. Nasir.
Her de haut en bas footnote pointing out that "a marinade is a bath of wine, herbs, oil, vegetables, vinegars and so on, in which fish or meat destined for particular dishes repose for specified periods and acquire virtue" filled us with ecstasy.
To acquire virtue, a person must perform good actions, that is, morally acceptable actions so that they become habitual.
As soon as the illusion is enjoyed, therefore, it gives birth not to a realistic attempt to acquire virtue, but to the sexual seduction fantasy mentioned earlier.
But if we intend to acquire virtue, even on a small scale, we can't be serious and comic too, and this is precisely why we must learn to recognize what is ridiculous, to avoid being trapped by our ignorance of it into doing or saying something ridiculous, when we don't have to.
Arnauld did not think, however, that philosophical sciences are useful only as instruments for acquiring virtues.
The infused natural virtues differ in important respects from the corresponding acquired virtues because as infused they point toward the supernatural end, and the mean in acquired virtue is fixed by human reason while the mean in the infused virtue is according to divine rule.
From this view, an action is good when the moral agent acts freely, acquires virtues, flourishes, and reaches his fullness [ 3].
