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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.
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Aristotle's political science stays entirely within the orbit
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of ordinary speech.
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Such language does not claim to be scientifically purged of ambiguity,
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but rather adopts standards of proof appropriate to people in
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debates and assemblies, in courts of law, in council
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rooms and the like.