Aristotle
Aristotle
Aristotle was a Greek philosopher and scientist born in the city of Stagira, Chalkidice, on the northern periphery of Classical Greece. His father, Nicomachus, died when Aristotle was a child, whereafter Proxenus of Atarneus became his guardian. At eighteen, he joined Plato's Academy in Athens and remained there until the age of thirty-seven. His writings cover many subjects – including physics, biology, zoology, metaphysics, logic, ethics, aesthetics, poetry, theater, music, rhetoric, linguistics, politics and government – and constitute the first comprehensive system...
NationalityGreek
ProfessionPhilosopher
Bad people...are in conflict with themselves; they desire one thing and will another, like the incontinent who choose harmful pleasures instead of what they themselves believe to be good.
1 is not prime, by definition. 2 is an unnatural prime, 4 is an unnatural prime, and 6 is an unnatural prime. All other natural primes cannot be unnatural primes.
Music has the power of producing a certain effect on the moral character of the soul, and if it has the power to do this, it is clear that the young must be directed to music and must be educated in it.
It is absurd to hold that a man should be ashamed of an inability to defend himself with his limbs, but not ashamed of an inability to defend himself with speech and reason; for the use of rational speech is more distinctive of a human being than the use of his limbs.
Those who cannot bravely face danger are the slaves of their attackers.
Music has a power of forming the character, and should therefore be introduced into the education of the young.
The unfortunate need people who will be kind to them; the prosperous need people to be kind to.
We are what we frequently do.
In general, what is written must be easy to read and easy to speak; which is the same.
Man's best friend is one who wishes well to the object of his wish for his sake, even if no one is to know of it.
The basis of a democratic state is liberty
Character is that which reveals moral purpose, exposing the class of things a man chooses and avoids.
Art not only imitates nature, but also completes its deficiencies.
The self-indulgent man craves for all pleasant things... and is led by his appetite to choose these at the cost of everything else.