The quality of an argument in which, if it be granted that the premises are true, the truth of the conclusion is necessarily entailed by them, i.e., the conclusion necessarily follows from the premise...
A stable operative habit inclining to actions that inhibit human perfection.
(also called Excellence).— A stable operative habit by which human beings are perfected.
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