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ETHICA NICHOMACHEA A man will become a grammarian, only when he has both done something grammatical and done it grammatically. The Millenniums are not without sense, but they do the things that senseless people do. Most men identify friends with useful people. For we are busy that we may have leisure, and make war that we might live in peace. It is hard, if not impossible, to remove by argument the traits that have long since been incorporated in the character.
ETHICA NICHOMACHEA A man will become a grammarian, only when he has both done something grammatical and done it grammatically. The Millenniums are not without sense, but they do the things that senseless people do. Most men identify friends with useful people. For we are busy that we may have leisure, and make war that we might live in peace. It is hard, if not impossible, to remove by argument the traits that have long since been incorporated in the character.
Approximate author period: c. 353 BC · classical
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- Approximate author period: c. 353 BC · classical
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Supplied reference B; unit 1011; PDF page 89; printed attribution: ARISTOTLE
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