It is clear, then, that there are branches of learning and education we must study with a view to the enjoyment of leisure, and these are to be valued for their own sake; whereas those kinds of knowledge which are useful in business are to be deemed necessary, and exist for the sake of other things.from Aristotle's Politics (4th century B.C.E.)
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February 13, 2012
A Word from Aristotle, Ctd.
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