"Much more practical are those mental activities and reflections which have their goal in themselves and take place for their own sake." – Aristotle, "Politics"







![from Latin [com+] putare...prune,](/departments/mathcs/assets/slideshow/08.jpg)
![from Latin [com+] putare...clean,](/departments/mathcs/assets/slideshow/09.jpg)
![from Latin [com+] putare...settle an account,](/departments/mathcs/assets/slideshow/10.jpg)
![from Latin [com+] putare...think over](/departments/mathcs/assets/slideshow/11.jpg)
![from Latin [com+] putare...reflect](/departments/mathcs/assets/slideshow/12.jpg)
"Much more practical are those mental activities and reflections which have their goal in themselves and take place for their own sake." – Aristotle, "Politics"