Aristotle Quotes

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Eventually, Aristotle appeared among the Greeks. He improved the methods of logic and systematized its problems and details. He assigned to logic its proper place… — Ibn Khaldun
Aristotle [would] probably conclude most Americans, for all intents and purposes, are slaves. — David Graeber
Aristotle compiled the first known comprehensive list of all winners of the Olympic Games. Which means that quite probably he was sat in a bar… — Mark Steel
When he grew old, Aristotle, who is not generally considered a tightrope dancer, liked to lose himself in the most labyrinthine and subtle of discourses… — Michel de Certeau
People who want to understand democracy should spend less time in the library with Aristotle and more time on the buses and in the subway. — Simeon Strunsky
... an essential feature of a decent society, and an almost defining feature of a democratic society, is relative equality of outcome - not opportunity,… — Noam Chomsky
Aristotle suggests that the rotating Earth was a generally accepted tenet of Pythagorism: "While most of those who hold that the whole heaven is finite… — Aristotle
A successful unification of quantum theory and relativity would necessarily be a theory of the universe as a whole. It would tell us, as Aristotle… — Lee Smolin
Nothing seems to me more doubtful than Aristotle's remark that it is probable the arts and philosophy have several times been discovered and several times… — Julien Benda
Slavery was regarded by Aristotle as an ordinance of nature, and so probably was it by the slaves themselves in olden time. — Alfred Marshall
Yet Aristotle's excellence of substance, so far from being associated with the grand style, is associated with something that at times comes perilously near jargon. — Irving Babbitt
As far as I'm concerned all theatre is physical. As Aristotle says, you know, theatre is an act and an action, and he didn't mean… — Simon McBurney
That Logic has advanced in this sure course, even from the earliest times, is apparent from the fact that, since Aristotle, it has been unable… — Immanuel Kant
Alexander the Great valued learning so highly, that he used to say he was more indebted to Aristotle for giving him knowledge than to his… — Samuel Smiles
Conventional dogmas, even if endowed with the authority of an Aristotle - ancient or modern - must be tested vigorously. If they are found wanting,… — Norman Lamm
In the sermon I have just preached, whenever I said Aristotle, I meant St. Paul. — William Archibald Spooner
Socrates called beauty a short-lived tyranny; Plato, a privilege of nature; Theophrastus, a silent cheat; Theocritus, a delightful prejudice; Carneades, a solitary kingdom; Aristotle, that… — Francis Quarles
Where words can be translated into equivalent words, the style of an original can be closely followed; but no translation which aims at being written… — Gilbert Murray
Albertus [Magnus] ... debased the doctrine of Aristotle with the itch of the chemists flowing with the bloody flux of quicksilver and the stench of… — Unknown Author
Aristotle... a mere bond-servant to his logic, thereby rendering it contentious and well nigh useless. — Francis Bacon

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