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
Maybe crying is a means of cleaning yourself out emotionally. Or maybe it's your last resort; the only way to express yourself when words fail, the same as when you were a baby and had no words.
Money was established for exchange, but interest causes it to be reproduced by itself. Therefore this way of earning money is greatly in conflict with the natural law.
Happiness comes from theperfect practice of virtue.
Our feelings towards our friends reflect our feelings towards ourselves.
The best tragedies are conflicts between a hero and his destiny.
Everyone honors the wise.
Love well, be loved and do something of value.
Friendship is two souls inhabiting one body.
In the works of Nature, purpose, not accident, is the main thing.
Friendship also seems to be the bond that hold communities together.
The fool tells me his reason; the wise man persuades me with my own.
We laugh at that which we cannot bear to face.
The difference between a learned man and an ignorant one is the same as that between a living man and a corpse.
The souls ability to nourish itself lies in the heart.