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Whereas the law is passionless, passion must ever sway the heart of man.
”
Aristotle
,
Politics
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Aristotle
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Politics
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Translated by Benjamin Jowett
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"Whereas the law is passionless, passion must ever sway the heart of man."
Aristotle
, Politics.
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