"Nothing seems to me more doubtful than Aristotle's……" — Julien Benda
"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 lost."
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9 Quotes by Julien Benda
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And History will smile to think that this is the species for which Socrates and Jesus Christ died.
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Peace, if it ever exists, will not be based on the fear of war, but on the love of peace.…
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I shall go further and say that even if an examination of the past could lead to any valid prediction…
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It may be said that modern Europe with teachers who inform it that its realist instincts are beautiful, acts ill…
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Peace, if it ever exists, will not be based on the fear of war but on the love of peace.
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The man of science, the artist, the philosopher are attached to their nations as much as the day-laborer and the…
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Peace is only possible if men cease to place their happiness in the possession of things which cannot be shared.
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All Europe, including Erasmus, has followed Luther.
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More Aristotle Quotes
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Our tradition of political thought had its definite beginning in the teachings of Plato and Aristotle. I believe it came…
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Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.
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Aristotle uses a mother's love for her child as the prime example of love or friendship.
— Mortimer Adler
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After reading the doctrines of Plato, Socrates or Aristotle, we feel the specific difference between their words and Christ's is…
— Joseph Parker
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Said Aristotle unto Plato, 'Have another sweet potato?' Said Plato unto Aristotle, 'Thank you, I prefer the bottle.'
— Owen Wister
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Three sorts of goods, Aristotle specified, contribute to happiness: goods of the soul, including moral and intellectual virtues and education;…
— Sissela Bok
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Aristotle taught that the brain exists merely to cool the blood and is not involved in the process of thinking.…
— Will Cuppy
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We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. Aristotle How very little can…
— Florence Nightingale
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To live alone one must be a beast or a god, says Aristotle. Leaving out the third case: one must…
— Friedrich Nietzsche
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I would like to be referred to as 'The Big Aristotle'.
— Shaquille O'Neal
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The ideal Government of all reflective men, from Aristotle onward, is one which lets the individual alone - one which…
— H. L. Mencken
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Is it not evident, in these last hundred years (when the Study of Philosophy has been the business of all…
— John Dryden
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