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Taken together, these four questions are intended to
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guide inquiry, to shape and direct inquiry.
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They are not intended to yield sure or certain results,
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but to guide and inform statesmen and citizens in the business
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of decision-making.
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Bearing in mind that political science is a practical science,
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a science of judgment, a science aimed at directing action
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under specific circumstances and situations,
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it is important, Aristotle finally suggests,
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that the language of political science express the common sense or
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ordinary language of political actors.
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There is virtually no jargon in Aristotle's Politics.