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End Quotes by Aristotle
- The end of labor is to gain leisure.
- A tragedy is a representation of an action that is whole and complete and of a certain magnitude. A whole is what has a beginning…
- Therefore, the good of man must be the end of the science of politics.
- People of superior refinement and of active disposition identify happiness with honour; for this is roughly speaking, the end of political life.
- 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…
- But nature flies from the infinite; for the infinite is imperfect, and nature always seeks an end.
- Those who have the command of the arms in a country are masters of the state, and have it in their power to make what…
- Happiness, then, is found to be something perfect and self-sufficient, being the end to which our actions are directed.
- But the whole vital process of the earth takes place so gradually and in periods of time which are so immense compared with the length…
- A whole is that which has a beginning, a middle and an end.
- The true end of tragedy is to purify the passions.
- Virtue makes us aim at the right end, and practical wisdom makes us take the right means.
- I say that habit's but a long practice, friend, and this becomes men's nature in the end.
- Hence intellect[ual perception] is both a beginning and an end, for the demonstrations arise from these, and concern them. As a result, one ought to…
- When there is no middle class, and the poor greatly exceed in number, troubles arise, and the state soon comes to an end.
- 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…
- Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life, the whole aim and end of human existence.
- ...happiness does not consist in amusement. In fact, it would be strange if our end were amusement, and if we were to labor and suffer…
- First, have a definite, clear practical ideal; a goal, an objective. Second, have the necessary means to achieve your ends; wisdom, money, materials, and methods.…
- Happiness is something final and complete in itself, as being the aim and end of all practical activities whatever .... Happiness then we define as…
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- Our tradition of political thought had its definite beginning in the teachings of Plato and Aristotle. I believe it came to a… — Hannah Arendt
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- The end of labor is to gain leisure. — Aristotle
- A tragedy is a representation of an action that is whole and complete and of a certain magnitude. A whole is what… — Aristotle
- Therefore, the good of man must be the end of the science of politics. — Aristotle
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