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We do not see men becoming expert physicians from a
study of medical handbooks. Yet medical writers attempt to describe not only general
courses of treatment, but also methods of cure and modes of treatment for particular sorts
of patients, classified according to their various habits of body; and their treatises
appear to be of value for men who have had practical experience, though they are useless
for the novice. Very possibly therefore collections of laws and constitutions may be
serviceable to students capable of studying them critically, and judging what measures are
valuable or the reverse, and what kind of institutions are suited to what national
characteristics. But those who peruse such compilations without possessing a trained
faculty cannot be capable of judging them correctly, unless they do so by instinct, though
they may very likely sharpen their political intelligence.
Aristotle in 23 Volumes, Vol. 19, translated by H. Rackham. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1934.
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