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“While both are dear, piety requires us to honor truth above our friends.”

— Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book I, ch. 6 (translation by W. D. Ross)

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384 BC – 322 BC

Ancient Greek philosopher and polymath whose writings covered nearly every subject. His ethics, logic, and philosophy of mind continue to shape Western thought.

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