"Criticism, as it was first instituted by Aristotle,……" — Samuel Johnson

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• Our tradition of political thought had its definite beginning in the teachings of Plato and Aristotle. I believe it came… — Hannah Arendt
• Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies. — Aristotle
• Aristotle uses a mother's love for her child as the prime example of love or friendship. — Mortimer Adler
• After reading the doctrines of Plato, Socrates or Aristotle, we feel the specific difference between their words and Christ's is… — Joseph Parker
• Said Aristotle unto Plato, 'Have another sweet potato?' Said Plato unto Aristotle, 'Thank you, I prefer the bottle.' — Owen Wister
• Three sorts of goods, Aristotle specified, contribute to happiness: goods of the soul, including moral and intellectual virtues and education;… — Sissela Bok
• Aristotle taught that the brain exists merely to cool the blood and is not involved in the process of thinking.… — Will Cuppy
• We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. Aristotle How very little can… — Florence Nightingale
• To live alone one must be a beast or a god, says Aristotle. Leaving out the third case: one must… — Friedrich Nietzsche
• I would like to be referred to as 'The Big Aristotle'. — Shaquille O'Neal
• The ideal Government of all reflective men, from Aristotle onward, is one which lets the individual alone - one which… — H. L. Mencken
• 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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