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Fine things are the objects of praise, base things of blame; and at the head of the fine stand the virtues, at the head of the base the vices;
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consequently the virtues are objects of praise, and also the causes of the virtues are objects of praise, and the things that accompany the virtues and that result from them, and their works, while the opposite are the objects of blame.
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If in accordance with Plato the spirit is taken as having three parts, wisdom is goodness
Aristotle in 23 Volumes, Vol. 20, translated by H. Rackham. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1952.
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