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Single Idea 73

[filed under theme 20. Action / C. Motives for Action / 3. Acting on Reason / a. Practical reason ]

Full Idea

The function of practical intellect is to arrive at the truth that corresponds to right appetite.

Gist of Idea

Practical intellect serves to arrive at the truth which corresponds to right appetite

Source

Aristotle (Nicomachean Ethics [c.334 BCE], 1139a28)

Book Ref

Aristotle: 'Ethics (Nicomachean)', ed/tr. ThomsonJ A K/TredennickH [Penguin 1976], p.205

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A Reaction

And right appetite may well have to be educated by theoretical intellect.