 For the many, of whom each individual is but an ordinary person, when they meet together may very likely be better than the few good, if regarded not individually but collectively, just as a feast to which many contribute is better than a dinner provided...  Genetic Democracy: Philosophical Perspectives - Page 28edited by - 2007 - 148 pagesLimited preview - About this book
 | David Estlund - 2009 - 324 pages
...ordinary person, when they meet together may very likely be better than the few good, if regarded not individually but collectively, just as a feast to...For each individual among the many has a share of virtue and prudence, and when they meet together, they become in a manner one man, who has many feet,... | |
 | J. Thomas Wren - 2007 - 423 pages
...because 'each individual among the many has a share of virtue and prudence, and when they meet together, they become in a manner one man, who has many feet, and hands, and senses. . . . Hence,' he concluded, 'the many are better judges than a single man.'12 This additive... | |
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