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literally, the great-souled person or the great-souled man.
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"Mega", "megalo", being our terms for great and
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"psychos", related to our word psyche, soul.
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The great-souled person, the great-souled man, the gentleman
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is, in many ways, for Aristotle,
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the ideal recipient of this form of education, of liberal
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education and also, in some respect,
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the ideal or perfect audience or readership of the book itself.
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We can begin to see it is clear how Aristotle's best regime differs from
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Plato's intransigent demand for the rule of philosopher-kings.
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is not a philosopher in the strict sense.
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Sociologically, Aristotle makes clear that the