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Aristotle

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Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in the consciousness that we deserve them.


— Aristotle


#honor

I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who overcomes his enemies.


— Aristotle


#philosophy #self-discovery #enemy

The energy of the mind is the essence of life.


— Aristotle


#essence #life #mind

It is not always the same thing to be a good man and a good citizen.


— Aristotle


#civil-disobedience #good #patriotism #value #virtue

All men by nature desire knowledge.


— Aristotle


#knowledge #men #nature

Happiness is a state of activity.


— Aristotle


#happiness #state

All persons ought to endeavor to follow what is right, and not what is established.


— Aristotle


#morality #morals

He who cannot be a good follower cannot be a good leader.


— Aristotle


#leadership #leadership

Nature does nothing uselessly.


— Aristotle


#nature

Comedy aims at representing men as worse, Tragedy as better than in actual life.


— Aristotle


#literature #philosophy #art






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Did you know about Aristotle?

John Philoponus stands out for having attempted a fundamental critique of Aristotle's views on the eternity of the world movement and other elements of Aristotelian thought. The final cause is its purpose or that for the sake of which a thing exists or is done including both purposeful and instrumental actions and activities. Politics

In addition to his works on ethics which address the individual Aristotle addressed the city in his work titled Politics.

All aspects of Aristotle's philosophy continue to be the object of active academic study today. Aristotle (Greek: Ἀριστοτέλης [aristotélɛːs] Aristotélēs) (384 BC – 322 BC) was a Greek philosopher and polymath a student of Plato and teacher of Alexander the Great. His writings cover many subjects including physics metaphysics poetry theater music logic rhetoric linguistics politics government ethics biology and zoology.

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