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Since, besides, we call good that which is desirable
for its own sake and not for anything else, and that which all things aim at and
which they would choose if they possessed reason and practical wisdom; and that
which is productive or protective of good, or on which such things follow; and
since that for the sake of which anything is done is the end, and the end is
that for the sake of which everything else is done, and that is good for each
man which relatively to him presents all these conditions, it necessarily
follows that a larger number of good things is a greater good than one or a
smaller number, if the one or the smaller number is reckoned as one of
them;1
for it exceeds them and that which is contained is exceeded.
for it exceeds them and that which is contained is exceeded.
1 The one, the smaller number, and the greater number must be of the same species. Thus, 5 pounds is a greater good than 2 pounds; but 5 farthings is not a greater good than 2 pounds, since the smaller number is not reckoned in with the greater Buckley.
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