--- title: "7 Definitions Quotes By Aristotle" description: "7 Definitions quotes by Aristotle. Plus more from Aristotle and more Definitions sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/256/aristotle-78_definitions_definition-of-tragedy-a-hero-destroyed-b_159901.png" --- > [Definition of tragedy: A hero destroyed by the excess of his virtues](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/definition-of-tragedy-a-hero-destroyed-by-the-excess-of-his-virtues/) [Aristotle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aristotle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/256/aristotle-78_definitions_definition-of-tragedy-a-hero-destroyed-b_159901.png) > [1 is not prime, by definition. 2 is an unnatural prime, 4 is an unnatural prime, and 6 is an unnatural prime.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/1-is-not-prime-by-definition-2-is-an-unnatural-prime-4-is-an/) [Aristotle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aristotle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/57d/aristotle-78_definitions_1-is-not-prime-by-definition-2-is-an-unn_798588.png) > [Those who assert that the mathematical sciences say nothing of the beautiful or the good are in error. For these sciences say…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/those-who-assert-that-the-mathematical-sciences-say-nothing-of-the/) [Aristotle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aristotle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8eb/aristotle-78_attributes_those-who-assert-that-the-mathematical-s_902484.jpg) > [Wit is educated insolence.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/wit-is-educated-insolence/) [Aristotle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aristotle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/319/aristotle-78_definitions_wit-is-educated-insolence-1179674_1179674.png) > [If 'bounded by a surface' is the definition of body there cannot be an infinite body either intelligible or sensible.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/if-bounded-by-a-surface-is-the-definition-of-body-there-cannot-be-an/) [Aristotle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aristotle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/98a/aristotle-78_body_if-bounded-by-a-surface-is-the-definitio_2706084.png) > [We have next to consider the formal definition of virtue.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/we-have-next-to-consider-the-formal-definition-of-virtue/) [Aristotle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aristotle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/89a/aristotle-78_character_we-have-next-to-consider-the-formal-defi_2857013.png) > [We are what we repeatedly do... excellence, therefore, isn't just an act, but a habit and life isn't just a series of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/we-are-what-we-repeatedly-do-excellence-therefore-isn-t-just-an-act/) [Aristotle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aristotle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1b9/aristotle-78_definitions_we-are-what-we-repeatedly-do-excellence_2879648.jpg) ## Other authors on Definitions ## More by Aristotle > [The knowledge of the soul admittedly contributes greatly to the advance of truth in general, and, above all, to our understanding of Nature, for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/the-knowledge-of-the-soul-admittedly-contributes-greatly-to-the/) [Aristotle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aristotle/) > [Young men have strong passions and tend to gratify them indiscriminately. Of the bodily desires, it is the sexual by which they are most…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/young-men-have-strong-passions-and-tend-to-gratify-them/) [Aristotle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aristotle/) > [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/the-body-is-at-its-best-between-the-ages-of-thirty-and-thirty-five/) [Aristotle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aristotle/) > [The ensouled is distinguished from the unsouled by its being alive. Now since being alive is spoken of in many ways, even if only…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/the-ensouled-is-distinguished-from-the-unsouled-by-its-being-alive/) [Aristotle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aristotle/) > [Although it may be difficult in theory to know what is just and equal, the practical difficulty of inducing those to forbear who can,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/although-it-may-be-difficult-in-theory-to-know-what-is-just-and-equal/) [Aristotle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aristotle/) > [The true forms of government, therefore, are those in which the one, or the few, or the many, govern with a view to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/the-true-forms-of-government-therefore-are-those-in-which-the-one-or/) [Aristotle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aristotle/) > [All men by nature desire to know.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/all-men-by-nature-desire-to-know/) [Aristotle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aristotle/) > [All persons ought to endeavor to follow what is right, and not what is established.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/all-persons-ought-to-endeavor-to-follow-what-is-right-and-not-what-is/) [Aristotle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aristotle/) > [Give a man a fish, you feed him for a day. Give a man a poisoned fish, you feed him for the rest of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/give-a-man-a-fish-you-feed-him-for-a-day-give-a-man-a-poisoned-fish/) [Aristotle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aristotle/) > [The man who confers a favour would rather not be repaid in the same coin.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/the-man-who-confers-a-favour-would-rather-not-be-repaid-in-the-same/) [Aristotle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aristotle/) > [The mother of revolution and crime is poverty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/the-mother-of-revolution-and-crime-is-poverty/) [Aristotle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aristotle/) > [Obstinate people can be divided into the opinionated, the ignorant, and the boorish.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/obstinate-people-can-be-divided-into-the-opinionated-the-ignorant-and/) [Aristotle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aristotle/) > [Happiness does not consist in pastimes and amusements but in virtuous activities.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/happiness-does-not-consist-in-pastimes-and-amusements-but-in-virtuous/) [Aristotle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aristotle/) > [To learn is a natural pleasure, not confined to philosophers, but common to all men.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/to-learn-is-a-natural-pleasure-not-confined-to-philosophers-but/) [Aristotle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aristotle/) > [Every virtue is a mean between two extremes, each of which is a vice.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/every-virtue-is-a-mean-between-two-extremes-each-of-which-is-a-vice/) [Aristotle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aristotle/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/definitions/aristotle/#itemlist", "name": "7 Definitions Quotes By Aristotle", "numberOfItems": 7, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Definition of tragedy: A hero destroyed by the excess of his virtues", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Aristotle" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/definition-of-tragedy-a-hero-destroyed-by-the-excess-of-his-virtues/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/256/aristotle-78_definitions_definition-of-tragedy-a-hero-destroyed-b_159901.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/256/aristotle-78_definitions_definition-of-tragedy-a-hero-destroyed-b_159901.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/256/aristotle-78_definitions_definition-of-tragedy-a-hero-destroyed-b_159901.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Definition of tragedy: A hero destroyed by the excess of his virtues” — Aristotle", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "1 is not prime, by definition. 2 is an unnatural prime, 4 is an unnatural prime, and 6 is an unnatural prime. 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