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
There is always something new coming out of Africa.
Be a free thinker and don't accept everything you hear as truth. Be critical and evaluate what you believe in.
The duty of rhetoric is to deal with such matters as we deliberate upon without arts or systems to guide us, in the hearing of persons who cannot take in at a glance a complicated argument or follow a long chain of reasoning.
A friend is simply one soul in two bodies.
A man becomes a friend whenever being loved he loves in return.
For through wondering human beings now and in the beginning have been led to philosophizing.
Definition of tragedy: A hero destroyed by the excess of his virtues
Whether we will philosophize or we won't philosophize, we must philosophize.
Speech is the representation of the mind, and writing is the representation of speech.
Rhetoric is useful because the true and the just are naturally superior to their opposites, so that, if decisions are improperly made, they must owe their defeat to their own advocates; which is reprehensible. Further, in dealing with certain persons, even if we possessed the most accurate scientific knowledge, we should not find it easy to persuade them by the employment of such knowledge. For scientific discourse is concerned with instruction, but in the case of such persons instruction is impossible.
The greatest victory is over self.
Happiness involves engagement in activities that promote one's highest potentials.
The purpose of art is to represent the meaning of things. This represents the true reality, not external aspects.
Men become richer not only by increasing their existing wealth but also by decreasing their expenditure.