Comparative view on habit in Plato and Aristotle's thought: A challenge on concept and application

Human being has been thought to emancipation with education. Among these, discussion about method of education has been one of the challenges of educational action. One of the popular educational methods is habit which many philosophers and educationalists concern about. In Plato's book and Aristotle's works we can find some views about it. This paper aims at a comparative analysis between these views. Our findings indicate us that the concept of habit for Plato is different from Aristotle. While Plato considers habit as a neutral things, Aristotle identifies it as a positive matter. On one hand, Plato sees habit in the moral and spiritual context. óOn the other hand, Aristotle applies habit in vocational education too. Consequently, we can say that Aristotle justifies habit deeper than Plato. While in childhood teacher evaluate the content of habit with reason, In adulthood, individual, herself does this evaluation. in both views habit should be coherent with reason.