Nic. Ethics Book I

"...since the young are apt to follow their impulses, they would hear such discourses without purpose or benefit, since their end is not knowing but action. And it makes no difference whether one is young in age or immature in character, for the deficiency doesn't come from the time, but from living in accord with feeling and following every impulse" (1095a lines 5-9). I found this especially interesting because it's something I've never took time to think about in the way Aristotle puts it. Those that are given everything in life without ever having to work for what they get are much more inept to act on impulse because they don't know how hard it is to get there in the event that it's not just given. People of this sort are of any age and don't make decisions in a way that Aristotle finds to be an honorable and highest form of decision-making. Aristotle feels that "the human good comes to be disclosed as a being-at-work of the soul in accordance with virtue" (1098a 16-17). One that lives their life in impulse is not capable of living a "good" life unless they change their discourse at some point to follow virtue.