The misanthrope, as an essentially solitary man, is not a man at all: he must be a beast or a god. — Aristotle Copy Share Image
He who is unable to live in society, or who has no need because he is sufficient for himself, must be either… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Anyone who has no need of anybody but himself is either a beast or a God. — 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
The mass of mankind are evidently slavish in their tastes, preferring a life suitable to beasts — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Man perfected by society is the best of all animals; he is the most terrible of all when he lives without law… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Man is by nature a social animal; an individual who is unsocial naturally and not accidentally is either beneath our notice or… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Some persons hold that, while it is proper for the lawgiver to encourage and exhort men to virtue on moral grounds, in… — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
All persons ought to endeavor to follow what is right, and not what is established. — Aristotle Copy Share Image
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 Image
The man who confers a favour would rather not be repaid in the same coin. — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Obstinate people can be divided into the opinionated, the ignorant, and the boorish. — Aristotle Copy Share Image
