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“It is the nature of such things to be spoiled by defect and excess; as we see in the case of health and strength... for excessive training impairs the strength as well as deficient: meat and drink, in like manner, in too great or too small quantities, impair the health: while in due proportion they cause, increase, and preserve it.”
Nicomachean Ethics, Book 2, Section 2·384-322 BCE

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Aristotle
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384-322 BCE · Peripatetic Philosophy
Greek philosopher and polymath.
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