All Aristotle Quotes
- A sense is what has the power of receiving into itself the sensible forms of things without the matter, in the way in which a… Form
- Democracy arises out of the notion that those who are equal in any respect are equal in all respects; because men are equally free, they… Absolutely
- Perfect friendship is the friendship of men who are good, and alike in excellence; for these wish well alike to each other qua good, and… Alike
- We praise a man who feels angry on the right grounds and against the right persons and also in the right manner at the right… Anger
- Every art and every inquiry, and similarly every action and choice, is thought to aim at some good; and for this reason the good has… Action
- Different men seek after happiness in different ways and by different means, and so make for themselves different modes of life and forms of government. Different Means
- Excellence, then, is a state concerned with choice, lying in a mean, relative to us, this being determined by reason and in the way in… Choice
- What the statesman is most anxious to produce is a certain moral character in his fellow citizens, namely a disposition to virtue and the performance… Action
- But if nothing but soul, or in soul mind, is qualified to count, it is impossible for there to be time unless there is soul,… Attribute
- The moral virtues, then, are produced in us neither by nature nor against nature. Nature, indeed, prepares in us the ground for their reception, but… Complete
- It is clearly better that property should be private, but the use of it common; and the special business of the legislator is to create… Benevolence
- The beginning of reform is not so much to equalize property as to train the noble sort of natures not to desire more, and to… Beginning
- The generality of men are naturally apt to be swayed by fear rather than reverence, and to refrain from evil rather because of the punishment… Apt
- Whether if soul did not exist time would exist or not, is a question that may fairly be asked; for if there cannot be someone… Asked
- Hence poetry is something more philosophic and of graver import than history, since its statements are rather of the nature of universals, whereas those of… Graver
- The intention makes the crime. Crime
- People of superior refinement and of active disposition identify happiness with honour; for this is roughly speaking, the end of political life. Active
- Whether we call it sacrifice, or poetry, or adventure, it is always the same voice that calls. Adventure
- They who are to be judges must also be performers. Judges
- It is easy to perform a good action, but not easy to acquire a settled habit of performing such actions. Acquire