The Life of the intellect is the best and pleasantest for man, because…

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The Life of the intellect is the best and pleasantest for man, because the intellect more than anything else is the man. Thus it will be the happiest life as well. ✨ Aristotle (1955). The Ethics of Aristotle: The Nicomachean Ethics
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The Life of the intellect is the best and pleasantest for man, because the intellect more than anything else is the man. Thus it will be the happiest life as well. ✨ Aristotle (1955). The Ethics of Aristotle: The Nicomachean Ethics

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