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the definition of health and satiety, together with their causes and presuppositions, and being
healthy and
satisfied! What a difference between being acquainted with the definition of
drunkenness-namely, that it
designates a state arising from the domination of the seat of the intellect by vapors arising from
the stomach
-and being drunk! Indeed, the drunken man while in that condition does not know the
definition of
drunkenness nor the scientific account of it; he has not the very least scientific knowledge of it.
The sober
man, on the other hand, knows the definition of drunkenness and its basis, yet he is not drunk in
the very
least. Again the doctor, when he is himself ill, knows the definition and causes of health and the
remedies
which restore it, and yet is lacking in health. Similarly there is a difference between knowing the
true nature
and causes and conditions of the abstinent life and actually leading such a life and forsaking the
world.
healthy and
satisfied! What a difference between being acquainted with the definition of
drunkenness-namely, that it
designates a state arising from the domination of the seat of the intellect by vapors arising from
the stomach
-and being drunk! Indeed, the drunken man while in that condition does not know the
definition of
drunkenness nor the scientific account of it; he has not the very least scientific knowledge of it.
The sober
man, on the other hand, knows the definition of drunkenness and its basis, yet he is not drunk in
the very
least. Again the doctor, when he is himself ill, knows the definition and causes of health and the
remedies
which restore it, and yet is lacking in health. Similarly there is a difference between knowing the
true nature
and causes and conditions of the abstinent life and actually leading such a life and forsaking the
world.