All Aristotle Quotes
- We must not feel a childish disgust at the investigations of the meaner animals. For there is something marvelous in all natural things. All
- He who thus considers things in their first growth and origin ... will obtain the clearest view of them. Clearest
- Here and elsewhere we shall not obtain the best insight into things until we actually see them growing from the beginning. Actually See
- For any two portions of fire, small or great, will exhibit the same ratio of solid to void; but the upward movement of the greater… Any
- We, on the other hand, must take for granted that the things that exist by nature are, either all or some of them, in motion. All
- A line is not made up of points. ... In the same way, time is not made up parts considered as indivisible 'nows.' Part of… Concerning
- And this activity alone would seem to be loved for its own sake; for nothing arises from it apart from the contemplating, while from practical… Action
- Most persons think that a state in order to be happy ought to be large; but even if they are right, they have no idea… Animal
- A man is the origin of his action. Action
- While those whom devotion to abstract discussions has rendered unobservant of the facts are too ready to dogmatize on the basis of a few observations. Abstract
- The arousing of prejudice, pity, anger, and similar emotions has nothing to do with the essential facts, but is merely a personal appeal to the… Anger
- We cannot ... prove geometrical truths by arithmetic. Arithmetic
- Civil confusions often spring from trifles but decide great issues. Civil
- For the lesser evil is reckoned a good in comparison with the greater evil, since the lesser evil is rather to be chosen than the… Chosen
- In practical matters the end is not mere speculative knowledge of what is to be done, but rather the doing of it. It is not… Any
- To give a satisfactory decision as to the truth it is necessary to be rather an arbitrator than a party to the dispute. Arbitrator
- And it is characteristic of man that he alone has any sense of good and evil, of just and unjust, and the like, and the… Alone
- Wit is cultured insolence. Cultured
- The greatest thing in style is to have a command of metaphor. Command
- God has many names, though He is only one Being. God
- No one finds fault with defects which are the result of nature. Defects
- A fool contributes nothing worth hearing and takes offense at everything. Contributes
- Nature, as we say, does nothing without some purpose; and for thepurpose of making mana political animal she has endowed him alone among the animals… Alone
- Shame is an ornament to the young; a disgrace to the old. Disgrace
- Happiness is the utilization of one's talents along lines of excellence. Along