Democracy is when the indigent, and not the men of property, are the rulers. — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Education and morals make the good man, the good statesman, the good ruler. — Aristotle Copy Share Image
But is it just then that the few and the wealthy should be the rulers? And what if they, in like manner,… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Democracy is the form of government in which the free are rulers, and oligarchy in which the rich; it is only an… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
.. for desire is like a wild beast, and anger perverts rulers and the very best of men. Hence law is intelligence… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
If men think that a ruler is religious and has a reverence for the Gods, they are less afraid of suffering injustice… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
It is clear that those constitutions which aim at the common good are right, as being in accord with absolute justice; while… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Phronimos, possessing practical wisdom . But the only virtue special to a ruler is practical wisdom; all the others must be possessed,… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
In seeking for justice men seek for the mean or neutral, for the law is the mean. Again, customary laws have more… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
In [the soul] one part naturally rules, and the other is subject, and the virtue of the ruler we maintain to be… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
When we look at the matter from another point of view, great caution would seem to be required. For the habit of… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Governments which have a regard to the common interest are constituted in accordance with strict principles of justice, and are therefore true… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
It must not be supposed that happiness will demand many or great possessions; for self-sufficiency does not depend on excessive abundance, nor… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
The knowledge of the soul admittedly contributes greatly to the advance of truth in general, and, above all, to our understanding of Nature, for… — Aristotle Copy Share
Young men have strong passions and tend to gratify them indiscriminately. Of the bodily desires, it is the sexual by which they are most… — Aristotle Copy Share
The body is at its best between the ages of thirty and thirty-five; the mind is at its best about the age of forty-nine. — Aristotle Copy Share
The ensouled is distinguished from the unsouled by its being alive. Now since being alive is spoken of in many ways, even if only… — Aristotle Copy Share
Although it may be difficult in theory to know what is just and equal, the practical difficulty of inducing those to forbear who can,… — Aristotle Copy Share
The true forms of government, therefore, are those in which the one, or the few, or the many, govern with a view to the… — Aristotle Copy Share
All persons ought to endeavor to follow what is right, and not what is established. — Aristotle Copy Share
Give a man a fish, you feed him for a day. Give a man a poisoned fish, you feed him for the rest of… — Aristotle Copy Share
Obstinate people can be divided into the opinionated, the ignorant, and the boorish. — Aristotle Copy Share
Happiness does not consist in pastimes and amusements but in virtuous activities. — Aristotle Copy Share
To learn is a natural pleasure, not confined to philosophers, but common to all men. — Aristotle Copy Share
![“In [the soul] one part naturally rules, and the other is subject, and the virtue of the ruler we maintain to be different from that of the subject; the one being the virtue of the rational, and the other of the irrational part. Now, it is obvious that the same principle applies generally, and…” quote by Aristotle](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/3df/aristotle-78_all-things_in-the-soul-one-part-naturally-rules-and_54509.jpg)
