In the 4th century philosophers such as Aristotle realized that those under pressure are just as likely to give false evidence as true. ... When someone is being tortured you are mistreating someone at a very vulnerable state. ... There will be some men in an army that will actually enjoy torturing captives. ... It corrupts and degrades the state which uses it and the legal system which accepts it (Lord Hoffmann, British judge). ... In this situation it is said that a prisoner has information that could save thousands of lives as long as he gives it up within a certain deadline. ...

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Psyche Although willing to provide a common account of the soul in these general terms, Aristotle devotes most of his energy in De Anima to detailed investigations of the soul's individual capacities or faculties, which he first lists as nutrition, perception, and mind, with perception receiving the lion's share of attention.  ... In fact, the frequent use of myths in many of his poems proves that, Tennyson believed not to stagnate in a melancholic state. ...

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