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Single Idea 4405

[catalogued under 18. Thought / A. Modes of Thought / 1. Thought]

Full Idea

The attainment of truth is the task of both the intellectual parts of the soul (calculation and deliberation).

Gist of Idea

The attainment of truth is the task of the intellectual part of the soul

Source

Aristotle (Nicomachean Ethics [c.334 BCE], 1139b10)

Book Reference

Aristotle: 'Ethics (Nicomachean)', ed/tr. ThomsonJ A K/TredennickH [Penguin 1976], p.206


A Reaction

Obviously true, I would have thought, and equally true of the evolved brain, though there are plenty of people out there who try to deny it.