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[12]
So our theories seem to be in
agreement with the opinions of the wise.
Such arguments then carry some degree of conviction; but it is by the practical
experience of life and conduct that the truth is really tested, since it is ther
that the final decision lies. We must therefore
examine the conclusions we have advanced by bringing them to the test of the facts of
life. If they are in harmony with the facts, we may accept them; if found to disagree, we
must deem them mere theories.1
1 This section concludes the subject and prepares for the transition to politics in the next chapter; 8.13 would come better after 8.7: it looks back to 1.9.1-3.
Aristotle in 23 Volumes, Vol. 19, translated by H. Rackham. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1934.
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