In fact, all kinds of men, and not merely architects, can recognize a good piece of work
Vitruvius
As for philosophy, it makes an architect high-minded and not self-assuming, but rather renders him courteous, just, and honest without avariciousness. This is very important, for no work can be rightly done without honesty and incorruptibility.
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For it is not as a very great philosopher, nor as an eloquent rhetorician, nor as a grammarian trained in the highest principles of his heart, that I have striven to write this work, but as an architect who has had only a dip into those studies.
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Economy denotes the the proper management of materials and of site, as well as a thrifty balancing of cost and common sense in the construction of works.
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For siege works against bold and venturesome men should be constructed on one plan, on another against cautious men, and on still another against the cowardly.
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