The Book 4 by Aristotle. This book talks about Liberality, Prodigality, Meanness, the passage explains each of this concept and how they relate in each person. He also explains hoe each of this concept affects the personality of each individual. Each person has a different meaning of each of this words and how they view them. Liberality, Prodigality, Meanness, are view differently in each person sometimes because of believes, self-prospective or the environment.
The first paragraph of this book starts talking about what Liberality is and what it means to some people. The book explains that liberality for liberal man means how much wealth you have. The more money you obtain the more liberality they think they have. They believe that being wealthy means everything they get more confidence by what they have than what they do. “ is praised not in respect of military matters, nor of those in respect of which the temrate man is praised, nor of judicial decisions, but with regard to the giving and taking of wealth” (Aristotle 1). This is teaching us that for some people it don’t matter if they do …show more content…
Being liberal means giving. “He will give to the right people, the right amounts, and at the right time, with all the other qualifications that accompany right giving” (Aristotle 3). This means that this is the right and only meaning of the word liberal. it doesn’t matter if people call it another name it still means the same with or without the right name. Aristotle teaches us that the person who gives less is also call liberal man because he gives less because he doesn’t have more to give. Which makes this person more liberal than the person who has a lot and gives a little. A liberal Man is wise with his money he don’t just go around spending it. He gives to the right people at the right time. “and does not agree with the saying of Simonides” (Aristotle
The first paragraph of this book starts talking about what Liberality is and what it means to some people. The book explains that liberality for liberal man means how much wealth you have. The more money you obtain the more liberality they think they have. They believe that being wealthy means everything they get more confidence by what they have than what they do. “ is praised not in respect of military matters, nor of those in respect of which the temrate man is praised, nor of judicial decisions, but with regard to the giving and taking of wealth” (Aristotle 1). This is teaching us that for some people it don’t matter if they do …show more content…
Being liberal means giving. “He will give to the right people, the right amounts, and at the right time, with all the other qualifications that accompany right giving” (Aristotle 3). This means that this is the right and only meaning of the word liberal. it doesn’t matter if people call it another name it still means the same with or without the right name. Aristotle teaches us that the person who gives less is also call liberal man because he gives less because he doesn’t have more to give. Which makes this person more liberal than the person who has a lot and gives a little. A liberal Man is wise with his money he don’t just go around spending it. He gives to the right people at the right time. “and does not agree with the saying of Simonides” (Aristotle