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Matter Quotes by Aristotle
- A sense is what has the power of receiving into itself the sensible forms of things without the matter, in the way in which a…
- Those who believe that all virtue is to be found in their own party principles push matters to extremes; they do not consider that disproportion…
- Now, the causes being four, it is the business of the student of nature to know about them all, and if he refers his problems…
- ...we are all inclined to ... direct our inquiry not by the matter itself, but by the views of our opponents; and, even when interrogating…
- For the real difference between humans and other animals is that humans alone have perception of good and evil, just and unjust, etc. It is…
- Health is a matter of choice, not a mystery of chance
- It is through wonder that men now begin and originally began to philosophize; wondering in the first place at obvious perplexities, and then by gradual…
- The same thing may have all the kinds of causes, e.g. the moving cause of a house is the art or the builder, the final…
- 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…
- 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…
- To give away money is an easy matter and in any man's power. But to decide to whom to give it and how large and…
- For knowing is spoken of in three ways: it may be either universal knowledge or knowledge proper to the matter in hand or actualising such…
More Matter Quotes
- Wherever the relevance of speech is at stake, matters become political by definition, for speech is what makes man a political being. — Hannah Arendt
- The more dubious and uncertain an instrument violence has become in international relations, the more it has gained in reputation and appeal… — Hannah Arendt
- A sense is what has the power of receiving into itself the sensible forms of things without the matter, in the way… — Aristotle
- I think, as a general matter, clearly, the United States globally supports the development of democracy and the democratic yearnings of all… — Richard Armitage
- I always think that if you look at anyone in detail, you will have empathy for them because you recognize them as… — Andrea Arnold
- I had some big ups and downs when I was in my 20s and the one thing I learned was, no matter… — Darren Aronofsky
- No matter how busy you are, you must take time to make the other person feel important. — Mary Kay Ash
- We released 400,000 classified documents, the most extraordinary history of a war to ever have been released in our civilization. Those documents… — Julian Assange
- The Span of Life is too short to be trifled away in unconcerning and unprofitable Matters. — Mary Astell
- I think it is obscene that we should believe that we are entitled to end somebody's life, no matter what that person… — Richard Attenborough
- The people you see in Nigeria today have always lived as neighbors in the same space for as long as we can… — Chinua Achebe
- Hardware works best when it matters the least. — Norman Ralph Augustine