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| | CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Aristotle |
 | | There, as well as in Armenia and Syria, the works of Aristotle were translated and explained. |
 | | It is customary to distinguish, on the authority of Gellius, two classes of Aristotelean writings: the exoteric, which were intended for the general Public, and the acroatic, which were intended merely for the limited circle of those who were well versed in the phraseology and modes of thought of the School. |
 | | To the former class belonged the "Dialogues", of which the best known were the "Eudemus", three books on "Philosophy", four books "On Justice", also the treatises (not in dialogue form) "On the Good", and "On Ideas", all of which are unfortunately lost. |
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