[555]. Rhet. B. 16. 1390-91.
[556]. Pol. i. 8. 1256b31 f.; N. Eth. i. 8. 1099a31-33, especially ἁδύνατον γὰρ ἢ οὐ ῥάδιον τὰ καλὰ πράττειν ἀχορήγητον ὄντα; 1101a14 f., in the definition of the εὐδαίμων man.
[557]. Pol. iii. 6. 1265a32 f.: ἐλευθέρως; N. Eth. iii., chaps. 13-14 on σωφροσύνη, and iv, chaps. 1, 2, on ἐλευθεριότης and ἀσωτία; but display of wealth is vulgar (iv. 2. 1123a19-22). Ruskin (Stones of Venice, VIII, 69 [Vol. X, 389]) refers to Aristotle on liberality.
[558]. ἡ δὲ πενία στάσιν ἐμποιεῖ καί κακουργίαν.
[559]. v. 1. 1129b3; so Mag. mor. B. 3. 1199b6-9, 14-35; cf. N. Eth. i. 8. 1098b31 ff. for a similar distinction between habit (ἕξις) and practice (χρῆσις) of virtue.
[560]. v. 1. 1129b4-6; cf. Pol. i. 10. 1258a23-27 on the duty of the weaver or statesman; iv (vii). 15. 1334a36 f.; 13. 1332a22 f.
[561]. Pol. 1332a25 f.
[562]. Pol. iv (vii). 13. 1332a26 f.
[563]. N. Eth. i. 8. 1098b12-15; cf. Pol. 1323a25 f.; Rhet. i. 5. 1360b25 ff.; also Mag. mor. A. 3. 1184b1-5 and Eud. Eth. ii. 1. 1218b32.
[564]. Pol. 1323a40 f.; cf. Jesus’ sentence, “Seek ye first,” etc.; cf. also 1323b19 f.; also pp. 24 ff., Plato.