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
Some animals utter a loud cry. Some are silent, and others have a voice, which in some cases may be expressed by a word; in others, it cannot. There are also noisy animals and silent animals, musical and unmusical kinds, but they are mostly noisy about the breeding season.
The eyes of some persons are large, others small, and others of a moderate size; the last-mentioned are the best. And some eyes are projecting, some deep-set, and some moderate, and those which are deep-set have the most acute vision in all animals; the middle position is a sign of the best disposition.
Piety requires us to honor truth above our friends.
Man is the only animal capable of reasoning, though many others possess the faculty of memory and instruction in common with him.
We become just by performing just actions, temperate by performing temperate actions, brave by performing brave actions.
We should behave to our friends as we would wish our friends to behave to us
The proof that you know something is that you are able to teach it
To the query, ''What is a friend?'' his reply was ''A single soul dwelling in two bodies.''
Tragedy is thus a representation of an action that is worth serious attention, complete in itself and of some amplitude... by means of pity and fear bringing about the purgation of such emotions.
To write well, express yourself like common people, but think like a wise man. Or, think as wise men do, but speak as the common people do.
To be conscious that we are perceiving or thinking is to be conscious of out own existence.
If women didn't exist, all the money in the world would have no meaning.
Don't worry about your physical shortcomings. I am no Greek god. Don't get too much sleep and don't tell anybody your troubles. Appearances count: Get a sun lamp to keep you looking as though you have just come back from somewhere expensive: maintain an elegant address even if you have to live in the attic. Never nickel when short of cash. Borrow big, but always repay promptly.
We must free ourselves of the hope that the sea will ever rest. We must learn to sail in high winds.