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
Freedom is obedience to self-formulated rules.
The pleasures arising from thinking and learning will make us think and learn all the more. 1153a 23
Quid quid movetur ab alio movetur"(nothing moves without having been moved).
It is likely that unlikely things should happen
With the truth, all given facts harmonize; but with what is false, the truth soon hits a wrong note.
Therefore, even the lover of myth is a philosopher; for myth is composed of wonder.
It is of the nature of desire not to be satisfied, and most men live only for the gratification of it.
The guest will judge better of a feast than the cook
Choice not chance determines your destiny [my family motto...credited to Aristotle]
The legislator should direct his attention above all to the education of youth; for the neglect of education does harm to the constitution. The citizen should be molded to suit the form of government under which he lives. For each government has a peculiar character which originally formed and which continues to preserve it. The character of democracy creates democracy, and the character of oligarchy creates oligarchy.
A courageous person is one who faces fearful things as he ought and as reason directs for the sake of what is noble.
We should behave to our friends as we would wish our friends behave to us
Melancholy men, of all others, are the most witty.
Young people are in a condition like permanent intoxication, because life is sweet and they are growing.