Neither by nature, then, nor contrary to nature do the virtues arise in us; rather we are adapted by nature to receive… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
When quarrels and complaints arise, it is when people who are equal have not got equal shares, or vice-versa. — Aristotle Copy Share Image
When there is no middle class, and the poor greatly exceed in number, troubles arise, and the state soon comes to an… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Money is a guarantee that we may have what we want in the future. Though we need nothing at the moment it… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Now that practical skills have developed enough to provide adequately for material needs, one of these sciences which are not devoted to… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
And this activity alone would seem to be loved for its own sake; for nothing arises from it apart from the contemplating,… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
In the many forms of government which have sprung up there has always been an acknowledgement of justice and proportionate equality, although… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Hence intellect[ual perception] is both a beginning and an end, for the demonstrations arise from these, and concern them. As a result,… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Because the rich are generally few in number, while the poor are many, they appear to be antagonistic, and as the one… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Democracy appears to be safer and less liable to revolution than oligarchy. For in oligarchies there is the double danger of the… — 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
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