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And the action must be considered in reference to all the categories; for if
there is a favor it is so because of substance, quantity, quality, time, or
place.1 And it denotes lack of goodwill, if persons have not rendered
a smaller service,2 or
if they have rendered similar, equal, or greater services to our enemies; for it
is evident that they do not act for our sake in this case either. Or if the
service was insignificant, and rendered by one who knew it; for no one admits
that he has need of what is insignificant.
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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