Character Judgment

...Now character determines men's qualities, but it is by their actions that they are happy or the reverse.

Character is that which reveals moral purpose, showing what kind of things a man chooses or avoids. Speeches, therefore, which do not make this manifest, or in which the speaker does not choose or avoid anything whatever, are not expressive of character.

The above lines are copied from Aristotle's Poetics and serve to raise an intrigue. Character has been defined as what God and angels know of us, while reputation what men know or think of us. Our virtues are founded in our character. Our actions flow from our philosophy of life. They way we think determines the way we act. The way we think is often molded (or moulded?) by our character. Character has also been defined as the way one behaves when no one is watching. Our character may be good or perverse and our actions, hypocritically enough, may reflect quite a different story. Our character, our heart, needn't abide by our actions. We are judged, some say, by our actions (or lack thereof). I agree, we will be judged by these, but I also believe there is a greater judgment and that is of our motivations, which relates to our character.