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And
if highly valued goods are the object of emulation, it necessarily follows that
the virtues must be such and all things that are useful and beneficial to the
rest of mankind, for benefactors and virtuous men are honored; to these we may
add all the goods which our neighbors can enjoy with us, such as wealth and
beauty, rather than health.1
1 Spending one's money benefits one's neighbor to a certain extent, and beauty is always pleasant to look upon. One does not admire anyone because he is in good health, so much as because he is handsome.
Aristotle in 23 Volumes, Vol. 22, translated by J. H. Freese. Aristotle. Cambridge and London. Harvard University Press; William Heinemann Ltd. 1926.
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