Soul Quotes by Aristotle

Happiness is an expression of the soul in considered actions.

— Aristotle

What is a friend? A single soul in two bodies.

— Aristotle

Friendship is two souls inhabiting one body.

— Aristotle

What is a friend? A single soul dwelling in two bodies

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The soul can not think without a picture.

— Aristotle

No excellent soul is exempt from a mixture of madness.

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A true friend is one soul in two bodies.

— Aristotle

The soul is the form of the body

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The student of politics therefore as well as the psychologist must study the nature of the soul.

— Aristotle

Prosperity makes friends and adversity tries them. A true friend is one soul in two bodies

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A change in the shape of the body creates a change in the state of the soul.

— Aristotle

The soul suffers when the body is diseased or traumatized, while the body suffers when the soul is ailing.

— Aristotle

The word is a sign or symbol of the impressions or affections of the soul.

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Happiness is a quality of the soul...not a function of one's material circumstances.

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The high-minded man does not bear grudges, for it is not the mark of a great soul to remember injuries, but to…

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But what is happiness? If we consider what the function of man is, we find that happiness is a virtuous activity of…

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For as the eyes of bats are to the blaze of day, so is the reason in our soul to the things…

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Two characteristic marks have above all others been recognized as distinguishing that which has soul in it from that which has not…

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[this element], the seat of the appetites and of desire in general, does in a sense participate in principle, as being amenable…

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We have no evidence as yet about mind or the power to think; it seems to be a widely different kind of…

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The heart is the perfection of the whole organism. Therefore the principles of the power of perception and the souls ability to…

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Opinion involves belief (for without belief in what we opine we cannot have an opinion), and in the brutes though we often…

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The knowledge of the soul admittedly contributes greatly to the advance of truth in general, and, above all, to our understanding of…

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But if nothing but soul, or in soul mind, is qualified to count, it is impossible for there to be time unless…

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The virtue of a faculty is related to the special function which that faculty performs. Now there are three elements in the…

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The ensouled is distinguished from the unsouled by its being alive. Now since being alive is spoken of in many ways, even…

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If a man of good natural disposition acquires Intelligence [as a whole], then he excels in conduct, and the disposition which previously…

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The soul consists of two parts, one irrational and the other capable of reason. (Whether these two parts are really distinct in…

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But then in what way are things called good? They do not seem to be like the things that only chance to…

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Human good turns out to be activity of soul exhibiting excellence, and if there is more than one sort of excellence, in…

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And inasmuch as the great-souled man deserves most, he must be the best of men; for the better a man is the…

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Whether if soul did not exist time would exist or not, is a question that may fairly be asked; for if there…

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“Holding as we do that, while knowledge of any kind is a thing to be honoured and prized, one kind of it…

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What has soul in it differs from what has not, in that the former displays life. Now this word has more than…

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“We must consider also whether soul is divisible or is without parts, and whether it is everywhere homogeneous or not; and if…

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Actual knowledge is identical with its object: in the individual, potential knowledge is in time prior to actual knowledge, but in the…

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In bad or corrupted natures the body will often appear to rule over the soul, because they are in an evil and…

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Happiness is an activity of the soul in accordance with virtue

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The souls ability to nourish itself lies in the heart.

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Adoration is made out of a solitary soul occupying two bodies.

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