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.1RULINGS CONCERNING DEBATE

If you ask me what I think the best is: I will say that the truth
of the matter is that those who condemn it absolutely and

under all circumstances as well as those who praise it absolutely
and unreservedly are wrong. The matter should be more

carefully detailed.

You should know then, that first of all a thing, such as wine


or carrion, may be pronounced unlawful from its very nature.

WhatI

mean by 'its very nature' is that the cause of its being pronounced
unlawful is a quality inherent in it. Intoxication and