It Is The Mark Of An Educated

Everything That Depends On The Action Of Nature Is By Nature As Good As It Can Be.

Happiness Does Not Consist In Pastimes And Amusements But In Virtuous Activities.

Therefore, The Good Of Man Must Be The End Of The Science Of Politics.

Since The Branch Of Philosophy On Which We Are At Present Engaged Differs From The Others In Not Being A Subject Of Merely Intellectual Interest — I Mean We Are Not Concerned To Know What Goodness Essentially Is, But How We Are To Become Good Men, For This Alone Gives The Study Its Practical Value — We Must Apply Our Minds To The Solution Of The Problems Of Conduct.

It Is Clearly Better That Property Should Be Private, But The Use Of It Common; And The Special Business Of The Legislator Is To Create In Men This Benevolent Disposition.