The heart is the perfection of the whole organism. Therefore the principles of the power of perception and the souls ability to… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
For imagining lies within our power whenever we wish . . . but in forming opinons we are not free . . . — Aristotle Copy Share Image
So virtue is a purposive disposition, lying in a mean that is relative to us and determined by a rational principle, and… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Those whose days are consumed in the low pursuits of avarice, or the gaudy frivolties of fashion, unobservant of nature's lovelinessof demarcation,… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
And what has come to prevail in democracies is the very reverse of beneficial, in those, that is, which are regarded as… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Aristotle suggests that the rotating Earth was a generally accepted tenet of Pythagorism: "While most of those who hold that the whole… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
And this lies in the nature of things: What people are potentially is revealed in actuality by what they produce. — Aristotle Copy Share Image
All that one gains by falsehood is, not to be believed when he speaks the truth. — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Demonstration is also something necessary, because a demonstration cannot go otherwise than it does, ... And the cause of this lies with… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Happiness lies in virtuous activity, and perfect happiness lies in the best activity, which is contemplative — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Excellence, then, is a state concerned with choice, lying in a mean, relative to us, this being determined by reason and in… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Happiness itself is sufficient excuse. Beautiful things are right and true; so beautiful actions are those pleasing to the gods. Wise men… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
We ought, so far as it lies within our power, to aspire to immortality, and do all that we can to live… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Happiness does not lie in amusement; it would be strange if one were to take trouble and suffer hardship all one's life… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
It is clear that the earth does not move, and that it does not lie elsewhere than at the center. — Aristotle Copy Share Image
It is clear, then, that the earth must be at the centre and immovable, not only for the reasons already given, but… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Where your talents and the needs of the world cross, therein lies your vocation. These two, your talents and the needs of… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
A democracy exists whenever those who are free and are not well-off, being in the majority, are in sovereign control of government,… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
While most of those who hold that the whole heaven is finite say that the earth lies at the center, the philosophers… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Where your talents and the needs of the world cross; there lies your vocation. — 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
