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For Contemplation Is Both The Highest Form Of Activity (since The Intellect Is The Highest Thing In Us, And The Objects That It Apprehends Are The Highest Things That Can Be Known), And Also It Is The Most Continuous, Because We Are More Capable Of Continuous Contemplation Than We Are Of Any Practical Activity.

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For Contemplation Is Both

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For Contemplation Is Both The Highest Form Of Activity (since The Intellect Is The Highest Thing In Us, And The Objects That It Apprehends Are The Highest Things That Can Be Known), And Also It Is The Most Continuous, Because We Are More Capable Of Continuous Contemplation Than We Are Of Any Practical Activity.

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Justice Is That Virtue Of The Soul Which Is Distributive According To Desert.

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Therefore, The Good Of Man Must Be The End Of The Science Of Politics.

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Either A Beast Or A God.

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Whereas The Law Is Passionless, Passion Must Ever Sway The Heart Of Man.

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The True Nature Of A Thing Is The Highest It Can Become.

In All Things Which Have A Plurality Of Parts, And Which Are Not A Total Aggregate But A Whole Of Some Sort Distinct From The Parts, There Is Some Cause.

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Hope Is A Waking Dream.

Teaching Is The Highest Form Of Understanding.

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We Are The Sum Of Our Actions, And Therefore Our Habits Make All The Difference.

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