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1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 7. Despair over Philosophy

112	Most people are readier to submit to compulsion than to argument [Aristotle]
	Full Idea: Most people are readier to submit to compulsion and punishment than to argument and fine ideals.
	From: Aristotle (Nicomachean Ethics [c.334 BCE], 1180a05)
	A reaction: How perceptively pessimistic. We must hope that the picture has changed now that we have fairly universal education. Some people may submit to argument, but NOT to fine ideals.