He continued his research on Socrates, and therefore the Socratic method became a driving force in his beliefs. That is why he states that we should ?Imitate Jesus and Socrates'. Their views must have some basis in common in order for him to look up to them that much. "My intentions were to acquire the Habitude of all these virtues, I judg'd it would be well not to distract my attention by attempting the whole at once, but to fix it one of them at a time, and when I should be master of that, then proceed to another, and so on till I should have gone thro' the thirteen" (Franklin 93)...
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He believes that if he masters all of these virtues that he will become the perfect individual. If humility is the thirteenth one, than it must be the most important one in his life, or at least a closure to a perfect lifestyle. He made a book in which he allotted a page for each virtue. Each page had seven columns, one for each day of the week...
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