We maintain, and have said in the Ethics, if the arguments there adduced are of any value, that happiness is the realization… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Persuasion is achieved by the speaker's personal character when the speech is so spoken as to make us think him credible. We… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Emotions of any kind are produced by melody and rhythm; therefore by music a man becomes accustomed to feeling the right emotions;… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
All are agreed that the various moral qualities are in a sense bestowed by nature: we are just, and capable of temperance,… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
...the life which is best for men, both separately, as individuals, and in the mass, as states, is the life which has… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
The good citizen need not of necessity possess the virtue which makes a good man. — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Emotions of any kind can be evoked by melody and rhythm; therefore music has the power to form character. — Aristotle Copy Share Image
“Man's work as Man is accomplished by virtue of Practical Wisdom and Moral Virtue, the latter giving the right aim and direction,… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
A good character carries with it the highest power of causing a thing to be believed. — Aristotle Copy Share Image
“[I]n speaking about someone's character, we do not say that he is wise or comprehending, but that he is gentle or moderate.” — Aristotle Copy Share Image
The moral virtues, then, are produced in us neither by nature nor against nature. Nature, indeed, prepares in us the ground for… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
... the good for man is an activity of the soul in accordance with virtue, or if there are more kinds of… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Justice is that virtue of the soul which is distributive according to desert. — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Both Self-restraint and Unrestraint are a matter of extremes as compared with the character of the mass of mankind; the restrained man… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Good moral character is not something that we can achieve on our own. We need a culture that supports the conditions under… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Virtue is more clearly shown in the performance of fine ACTIONS than in the non-performance of base ones. — Aristotle Copy Share Image
“Hence while in respect of its substance and the definition that states what it really is in essence virtue is the observance… — 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
