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Berghummel t1_j630wo9 wrote on January 27, 2023 at 10:23 AM

Reply to comment by SnowballtheSage in "Like painters bring brush to canvas and sculptors set chisel against marble, so do the magnificent use their wealth to bring about beauty and inspire wonder in their people's eyes. Thus Aristotle calls them artists" - On Generosity and Magnificence, Nicomachean Ethics by SnowballtheSage

Why did you use the word niggardliness?

SnowballtheSage OP t1_j6313ay wrote on January 27, 2023 at 10:26 AM

It was the word preffered in the English translations of Aristotle I read.

Nebu_chad_nezzarII t1_j67xb2i wrote on January 28, 2023 at 10:41 AM

Because the word itself has nothing to do with what you think it does:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Controversies_about_the_word_niggardly