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To: NYer
Ah, to know the mind of Aristotle, the man whom Dante called “the teacher of those who know.” How magnificent to commune with the intellect of Plato,

Aristotle's the man when it comes to simple and realistic ethics, but Plato is one of many when it comes to metaphysical ethics.

Go figure why Aristotle's ethics isn't taught in schools.

3 posted on 05/01/2013 5:39:06 AM PDT by OldNavyVet
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To: OldNavyVet

Heck, they don’t even teach Euclid, a hymn to Aristotle’s logics. Kids are run through geometry but no one tells them they are learning to think logically. Lincoln taught himself to think logically by studying Euclid while riding along the prairie roads of Illinois. His learning was narrow but very deep,


7 posted on 05/01/2013 10:11:33 PM PDT by RobbyS
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