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 +[[Image:The Experts, 1837 by Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps.jpg |thumb|200px|''[[The Experts]]'' ([[1837]]) by [[Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps]]]]
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 +The term '''quality''' refers to how good something or somebody is. In the case of a person this is considered in a particular context, such as [[worker]], [[student]], [[sports]]person, etc. The term is often used in opposition to [[quantity]]. In [[science]], the work of [[Aristotle]] focused on measuring quality; whereas, the work of [[Galileo Galilei|Galilei]] resulted in a shift towards the study of quantity. Like culture, quality is a word that carries its own value judgment, it can mean any characteristic, but without [[qualifier]], it means something good.
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== Namesakes == == Namesakes ==
-* ''[[The Man Without Qualities]]''+* ''[[The Man Without Qualities]]'' by Austrian writer Robert Musil.
==See also== ==See also==
*[[Merit]] *[[Merit]]
*[[Quantity]] *[[Quantity]]
 +*[[Qualia]]
 +*[[Value]]
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The term quality refers to how good something or somebody is. In the case of a person this is considered in a particular context, such as worker, student, sportsperson, etc. The term is often used in opposition to quantity. In science, the work of Aristotle focused on measuring quality; whereas, the work of Galilei resulted in a shift towards the study of quantity. Like culture, quality is a word that carries its own value judgment, it can mean any characteristic, but without qualifier, it means something good.

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