Aristotle

The activity of God, which is transcendent in blessedness, is the activity of contemplation; and therefore among human activities that which is…

— Aristotle

One citizen differs from another, but the salvation of the community is the common business of them all. This community is the…

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Philosophy can make people sick.

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Greatness of Soul seems therefore to be as it were a crowning ornament of the virtues; it enhances their greatness, and it…

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Hippocrates is an excellent geometer but a complete fool in everyday affairs.

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If they do not share equally enjoyments and toils, those who labor much and get little will necessarily complain of those who…

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In the perfect state the good man is absolutely the same as the good citizen; whereas in other states the good citizen…

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All art, all education, can be merely a supplement to nature.

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The least deviation from truth will be multiplied later.

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A poet's object is not to tell what actually happened but what could or would happen either probably or inevitably.... For this…

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Men create gods after their own image, not only with regard to their form but with regard to their mode of life.

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It is not sufficient to know what one ought to say, but one must also know how to say it.

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“Man's work as Man is accomplished by virtue of Practical Wisdom and Moral Virtue, the latter giving the right aim and direction,…

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Education begins at the level of the learner.

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The best way to avoid envy is to deserve the success you get.

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What soon grows old? Gratitude.

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“The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, since there are few things for which he cares sufficiently; but he…

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In educating the young we steer them by the rudders of pleasure and pain

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The self-indulgent man craves for all pleasant things... and is led by his appetite to choose these at the cost of everything…

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“Without friends, no one would want to live, even if he had all other goods.”

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There is more evidence to prove that saltness [of the sea] is due to the admixture of some substance, besides that which…

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Character is made by many acts; it may be lost by a single one.

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“It is a great thing, indeed, to make a proper use of the poetical forms, as also of compounds and strange words.…

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If every tool, when ordered, or even of its own accord, could do the work that befits it... then there would be…

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Every community is an association of some kind and every community is established with a view to some good; for everyone always…

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