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For even though it be the case that the Good is the same for the
individual and for the state, nevertheless, the good of the state is manifestly a greater
and more perfect good, both to attain and to preserve.1 To secure the
good of one person only is better than nothing; but to secure the good of a nation or a
state is a nobler and more divine achievement.
This then being its aim, our investigation is in a sense the study of Politics.
1 Or perhaps ‘both to ascertain and to secure.’
Aristotle in 23 Volumes, Vol. 19, translated by H. Rackham. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1934.
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