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“In spite of theory, we know as a matter of fact that external circumstances are necessary to complete the idea of Happiness not that Happiness is capable of addition, but that when we assert it to be identical with virtuous action we must understand that it is to have a fair field.”
Nicomachean Ethics, Book 10, Section 26·384-322 BCE

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