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Now, although men are
more arrogant and thoughtless owing to good fortune, it is accompanied by a most
precious quality. Fortunate men stand in a certain relation to the divinity and
love the gods, having confidence in them owing to the benefits they have
received from fortune. We have spoken1 of the characters associated with different ages and
fortunes; the opposite characters to those described, for instance, of the poor,
of the unfortunate, and of the weak, are obvious from their opposites.
1 Book 2.12-14, 15-17.
Aristotle in 23 Volumes, Vol. 22, translated by J. H. Freese. Aristotle. Cambridge and London. Harvard University Press; William Heinemann Ltd. 1926.
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