The state comes into existence for the sake of life and continues to exist for the sake of good life. — Aristotle Copy Share Image
No one who desires to become good will become good unless he does good things. — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Good has two meanings: it means that which is good absolutely and that which is good for somebody. — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Everything that depends on the action of nature is by nature as good as it can be. — Aristotle Copy Share Image
“No more will there be any difference between 'the ideal good' and 'good' in so far as both are good.” — Aristotle Copy Share Image
The good of man is the active exercise of his soul's faculties. This exercise must occupy a complete lifetime. One swallow does… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
“What is the Good for man? It must be the ultimate end or object of human life: something that is in itself… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
“Good cannot be a single and universal general notion; if it were, it would not be predictable in all the categories, but… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Goodness is to do good to the deserving and love the good and hate the wicked, and not to be eager to… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
The true and the approximately true are apprehended by the same faculty; it may also be noted that men have a sufficient… — 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
What is the highest good in all matters of action? To the name, there is almost complete agreement; for uneducated and educated… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Human good turns out to be activity of soul exhibiting excellence, and if there is more than one sort of excellence, 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