Nature, as we say, does nothing without some purpose; and for thepurpose of making mana political animal she has endowed him alone… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
In making a speech one must study three points: first, the means of producing persuasion; second, the language; third the proper arrangement… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Of the modes of persuasion furnished by the spoken word there are three kinds. The first kind depends on the personal character… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Of cases where a man is truthful both in speech and conduct when no considerations of honesty come in, from an habitual… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
If you string together a set of speeches expressive of character, and well finished in point and diction and thought, you will… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Persuasion is effected through the medium of the hearers, when they shall have been brought to a state of excitement under the… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
It is absurd to hold that a man should be ashamed of an inability to defend himself with his limbs, but not… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
A period may be defined as a portion of speech that has in itself a beginning and an end, being at the… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
“Again, it is absurd to hold that a man ought to be ashamed of being unable to defend himself with his limbs,… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
It is absurd to hold that a man ought to be ashamed of being unable to defend himself with his limbs, but… — 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
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
