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Aristotle

Read through the most famous quotes from Aristotle




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— Aristotle


#inspirational

Educating the head without educating the heart is no education at all


— Aristotle


#education

It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without excepting it.


— Aristotle


#education

What makes a man a 'sophist' is not his faculty, but his moral purpose. (1355b 17)


— Aristotle


#rhetoric #sophists #art

Happiness does not lie in amusement; it would be strange if one were to take trouble and suffer hardship all one's life in order to amuse oneself


— Aristotle


#happiness #life

Freedom is obedience to self-formulated rules.


— Aristotle


#philosophy #freedom

Tis the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.


— Aristotle


#mind #thought #education

The greater the length, the more beautiful will the piece be by reason of its size, provided that the whole be perspicuous.” (VII)


— Aristotle


#perspicuity #beauty

Wishing to be friends is quick work, bit making friendship is a slow ripening fruit.


— Aristotle


#friendship

Inequality is everywhere at the bottom of faction, for in general faction arises from men's striving for what is equal.


— Aristotle


#inequality #equality






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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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