Book 1
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Justice, courage, self-control, magnanimity, magnificence, and all other similar states of mind, for they are virtues of the soul.
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Health, beauty, and the like, for they are virtues of the body and produce many advantages; for instance, health is productive of pleasure and of life, wherefore it is thought to be best of all, because it is the cause of two things which the majority of men prize most highly.
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Wealth, since it is the excellence of acquisitionThe excellence of anything is proportionate to its success in the performance of its proper function. The function of acquisition is to get something valuable, such as money, and its excellence may be judges by the amount of wealth obtained. and productive of many things.
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A friend and friendship, since a friend is desirable in himself and produces many advantages.
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Honor and good repute, since they are agreeable and produce many advantages, and are generally accompanied by the possession of those things for which men are honored.
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Eloquence and capacity for action; for all such faculties are productive of many advantages.
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Further, natural cleverness, good memory, readiness to learn, quick-wittedness, and all similar qualities; for these faculties are productive of advantages. The same applies to all the sciences, arts, and even life, for even though no other good should result from it,
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it is desirable in itself. Lastly, justice, since it is expedient in general for the common weal.
