POLITICS OF ARISTOTLE

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300 A RlSTO TL E 'S POL I TICS.
8; rairqv, Xappdvovuru bs rahqv lutiqv, 6ch rA T+ dhet riv npLiscou
;X<LP 6piopd r1.
There is a finality about pleasure, which leads to a confusion
with happiness. Like the greater end of life it comes after toll ;
it is sensible to the eye or feeling; it is the anticipation of itt
know not what: no account can be given of it. ra~hlv, sc. 06 Tiv
rwXoCrrav, ' the higher pleasure ;' Cu~iqv, the lower plensure.'

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sohas phas oiovrar cLac.


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    sc. ~qr0Curv.
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i. e. ' any imitation, whether accompanied by rhythm or song or





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not, creates sympathetic feeling.'




    1. soph T~E dh?ervhs $;ufts.
      ' Near to or not far removed from their true natures.'





    1. oupSc',9qKc 82 riv aiut+v iv piv Tois n"XXors p+v incipxcrv rjpoiopa
      rois fecucv, oTov iv rois dnrois Kai rois yrumois, dXX' iv 765 hparois $pc'pa
      ux<paro ydp r'urr rotaka, dXh' id PLK~~V, mi ndvrcs ris rorahrqs aiuBi-
      ufos KOWWO~~ULU.
      'As to the senses [other than the sense of hearing], objects of
      sight alone furnish representations of ethical character ; (for figures
      are I) objects of sight, or 2
      ) are of an ethical character) ; but to a
      certain extent only, and this intellectual element (though feeble) is
      common to all.'
      The obscurity of the passage has led to the insertion of 0;
      before rdvrrs: but the construction is thcn abrupt and the meaning



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