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A carpenter and a geometrician both try to find a right angle,1 but in
different ways; the former is content with that approximation to it which satisfies the
purpose of his work; the latter, being a student of truth, seeks to find its essence or
essential attributes. We should therefore proceed in the same manner in other subjects
also, and not allow side issues to outbalance the main task in hand.
1 Or ‘straight line.’
Aristotle in 23 Volumes, Vol. 19, translated by H. Rackham. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1934.
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Citation URN: urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg010.perseus-eng1:1.7.19
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