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The magnificent man will therefore necessarily be also a liberal
man. For the liberal man too will spend the right amount in the right manner; and it is in
the amount and manner of his expenditure that the element ‘great’ in
the magnificent or ‘greatly splendid’1 man, that is to say his greatness, is shown,
these being the things in which Liberality is displayed. And the magnificent man from an
equal outlay will achieve a more magnificent result2; for the same standard of excellence does
not apply to an achievement as to a possession: with possessions the thing worth the
highest price is the most honored, for instance gold, but the achievement most honored is
one that is great and noble （since a great achievement arouses the admiration of
the spectator, and the quality of causing admiration belongs to magnificence）;
and excellence in an achievement involves greatness.
Aristotle in 23 Volumes, Vol. 19, translated by H. Rackham. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1934.
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