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since 6 —2 = 10 — 6, and this is the mean according
to arithmetical proportion.1 But we cannot arrive by this method at the mean
relative to us. Suppose that 10 lb. of food is a large ration for anybody and 2 lb.
a small one: it does not follow that a trainer will prescribe 6 lb., for perhaps even this
will be a large ration, or a small one, for the particular athlete who is to receive it;
it is a small ration for a Milo,2 but a large one for a man just
beginning to go in for athletics. And similarly with the amount of running or wrestling
exercise to be taken.
Aristotle in 23 Volumes, Vol. 19, translated by H. Rackham. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1934.
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