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
Republics decline into democracies and democracies degenerate into despotisms.
It is more difficult to organize a peace than to win a war; but the fruits of victory will be lost if the peace is not organized.
A proper wife should be as obedient as a slave... The female is a female by virtue of a certain lack of qualities - a natural defectiveness.
Every wicked man is in ignorance as to what he ought to do, and from what to abstain, and it is because of error such as this that men become unjust and, in a word, wicked.
Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees the others.
What is the essence of life? To serve others and to do good.
Beauty is the gift of God
The most important relationship we can all have is the one you have with yourself, the most important journey you can take is one of self-discovery. To know yourself, you must spend time with yourself, you must not be afraid to be alone. Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.
All friendly feelings toward others come from the friendly feelings a person has for himself.
My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake.
He who has overcome his fears will truly be free.
The worst form of inequality is to try to make unequal things equal.
He who has conferred a benefit on anyone from motives of love or honor will feel pain, if he sees that the benefit is received without gratitude.
Between husband and wife friendship seems to exist by nature, for man is naturally disposed to pairing.