Aristotle (c.384-322 BCE)
“Theoretical speculation is free, but practical experience is tied fast to circumstances and needs.”
- From Aristotle’s Politics (Bekker page 1258b), translated by T. A. Sinclair and revised by T. J. Saunders (Penguin Classics, 1962, 1981, 1992).












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