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Full Idea
The wise man can practise contemplation by himself (though no doubt he does it better with fellow-workers).
Gist of Idea
Wise people can contemplate alone, though co-operation helps
Source
Aristotle (Nicomachean Ethics [c.334 BCE], 1177a32)
Book Ref
Aristotle: 'Ethics (Nicomachean)', ed/tr. ThomsonJ A K/TredennickH [Penguin 1976], p.329
A Reaction
It is hard to argue with this balanced view of the individual versus team concept of philosophy.