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But if praise belongs to
what is relative, it is clear that the best things do not merit praise, but something
greater and better: as indeed is generally recognized, since we speak of the gods as
blessed and happy,1
and also ‘blessed’ is the term that we apply to the most godlike men;
and similarly with good things—no one praises happiness as one praises justice,
but we call it a ‘blessing,’ deeming it something higher and more
divine than things we praise.
1 But we do not praise them.
Aristotle in 23 Volumes, Vol. 19, translated by H. Rackham. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1934.
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