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These virtues are formed in man by his doing the actions ... The good of man is a working of the soul in the way of excellence in a complete life.

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That in the soul which is called the mind is, before it thinks, not actually any real thing.

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It [Justice] is complete virtue in the fullest sense, because it is the active exercise of complete virtue; and it is complete because its possessor can exercise it in relation to another person, and not only by himself.

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It is clear that there is some difference between ends: some ends are energeia [energy], while others are products which are additional to the energeia.

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The life of money-making is one undertaken under compulsion, and wealth is evidently not the good we are seeking; for it is merely useful and for the sake of something else.

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The aim of the wise is not to secure pleasure, but to avoid pain.

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Evil draws men together.

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The true end of tragedy is to purify the passions.

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There is honor in being a dog.

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Pleasure causes us to do base actions and pain causes us to abstain from doing noble actions.

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Something is infinite if, taking it quantity by quantity, we can always take something outside.

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But nothing is yet clear on the subject of the intellect and the contemplative faculty. However, it seems to be another kind of soul, and this alone admits of being separated, as that which is eternal from that which is perishable, while it is clear from these remarks that the other parts of the soul are not separable, as some assert them to be, though it is obvious that they are conceptually distinct.

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The things best to know are first principles and causes, but these things are perhaps the most difficult for men to grasp, for they are farthest removed from the senses.

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Change in all things is sweet.

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Every art and every inquiry, and similarly every action and pursuit, is thought to aim at some good; and for this reason the good has rightly been declared to be that at which all things aim.

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To appreciate the beauty of a snow flake, it is necessary to stand out in the cold.

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Those who act receive the prizes.

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We have divided the Virtues of the Soul into two groups, the Virtues of the Character and the Virtues of the Intellect.

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The ideal man is his own best friend and takes delight in privacy.

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In educating the young we steer them by the rudders of pleasure and pain

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