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Desire for validation from other people can lead people toward virtue – or in the other direction. Jacob Wackerhausen/iStock via Getty Images Plus

Seeking honor is a double‑edged sword – from ancient Greece to samurai Japan, thinkers have wrestled with whether it’s the way to virtue

Though they lived centuries apart, Aristotle and Tsunetomo both explored what it means to live virtuously, and the risks of wanting praise or recognition.

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