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Aim Quotes by Aristotle
- The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.
- The aim of the wise is not to secure pleasure, but to avoid pain.
- 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…
- If there is some end of the things we do, which we desire for its own sake, clearly this must be the good. Will not…
- At first he who invented any art that went beyond the common perceptions of man was naturally admired by men, not only because there was…
- It is clear that those constitutions which aim at the common good are right, as being in accord with absolute justice; while those which aim…
- Virtue makes us aim at the right end, and practical wisdom makes us take the right means.
- Every science and every inquiry, and similarly every activity and pursuit, is thought to aim at some good.
- Anger is always concerned with individuals, ... whereas hatred is directed also against classes: we all hate any thief and any informer. Moreover, anger can…
- Since we think we understand when we know the explanation, and there are four types of explanation (one, what it is to be a thing;…
- Comedy aims at representing men as worse, Tragedy as better than in actual life.
- Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life, the whole aim and end of human existence.
- Happiness is something final and complete in itself, as being the aim and end of all practical activities whatever .... Happiness then we define as…
- A state is an association of similar persons whose aim is the best life possible. What is best is happiness, and to be happy is…
- But since there is but one aim for the entire state, it follows that education must be one and the same for all, and that…
More Aim Quotes
- Our efforts are not aimed at isolating Israel or de-legitimizing it; rather we want to gain legitimacy for the cause of the… — Mahmoud Abbas
- Every art and every inquiry, and similarly every action and choice, is thought to aim at some good; and for this reason… — Aristotle
- The aim of the wise is not to secure pleasure, but to avoid pain. — Aristotle
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- Some writers confuse authenticity, which they ought always to aim at, with originality, which they should never bother about. — Wystan Hugh Auden
- If there is any aim to achieve by all of us as a human being, it is to be so strong that… — Senoraroy
- I think its so damn funny when my 3 year old sister says bitch. and when I say it I ggetin trouble?… — Patience
- The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance. — Aristotle