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Now one would naturally suppose it to be the End of that which is

most commanding and most inclusive: and to this description,

πολιτικὴ[1] plainly answers: for this it is that determines which

of the sciences should be in the communities, and which kind

individuals are to learn, and what degree of proficiency is to be

required. Again; we see also ranging under this the most highly

esteemed faculties, such as the art military, and that of

domestic management, and Rhetoric. Well then, since this uses all

the other practical sciences, and moreover lays down rules as to

what men are to do, and from what to abstain, the End of this

must include the Ends of the rest, and so must be The Good of

Man.