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
God has many names, though He is only one Being.
No one finds fault with defects which are the result of nature.
A fool contributes nothing worth hearing and takes offense at everything.
Nature, as we say, does nothing without some purpose; and for thepurpose of making mana political animal she has endowed him alone among the animals with the power of reasoned speech.
Shame is an ornament to the young; a disgrace to the old.
Happiness is the utilization of one's talents along lines of excellence.
Business or toil is merely utilitarian. It is necessary but does not enrich or ennoble a human life.
Everything that depends on the action of nature is by nature as good as it can be, and similarly everything that depends on art or any rational cause, and especially if it depends on the best of all causes.
Happiness is thought to depend on leisure; for we are busy that we may have leisure, and make war that we may live in peace.
The hand is the tool of tools.
The most beautiful colors laid on at random, give less pleasure than a black-and-white drawing.
The word is a sign or symbol of the impressions or affections of the soul.
All proofs rest on premises.
The trade of the petty usurer is hated with most reason: it makes a profit from currency itself, instead of making it from the process which currency was meant to serve. Their common characteristic is obviously their sordid avarice.