To learn is a natural pleasure, not confined to philosophers, but common to all men.

If some animals are good at hunting and others are suitable for hunting, then the Gods must clearly smile on hunting.

So, if we must give a general formula applicable to all kinds of soul, we must describe it as the first actuality [entelechy] of anatural organized body.

As the pleasures of the body are the ones which we most often meet with, and as all men are capable of these, these have usurped the family title; and some men think these are the only pleasures that exist, because they are the only ones which they know.

By myth I mean the arrangement of the incidents

The greatest virtues are those which are most useful to other persons.

There are, then, these three means of effecting persuasion. The man who is to be in command of them must, it is clear, be able (1) to reason logically, (2) to understand human character and goodness in their various forms, and (3) to understand the emotions--that is, to name them and describe them, to know their causes and the way in which they are excited.