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
Time crumbles things; everything grows old under the power of Time and is forgotten through the lapse of Time.
Poetry is finer and more philosophical than history; for poetry expresses the universal, and history only the particular.
There is no great genius without a mixture of madness.
If some animals are good at hunting and others are suitable for hunting, then the Gods must clearly smile on hunting.
Art takes nature as its model.
What it lies in our power to do, it lies in our power not to do.
The aim of the wise is not to secure pleasure, but to avoid pain.
A friend is a second self, so that our consciousness of a friend's existence...makes us more fully conscious of our own existence.
You should never think without an image.
If happiness is activity in accordance with excellence, it is reasonable that it should be in accordance with the highest excellence.
He who cannot be a good follower cannot be a good leader.
Men acquire a particular quality by constantly acting in a particular way.
Character gives us qualities, but it is in actions - what we do - that we are happy or the reverse. ... All human happiness and misery take the form of action.
Gentleness is the ability to bear reproaches and slights with moderation, and not to embark on revenge quickly, and not to be easily provoked to anger, but be free from bitterness and contentiousness, having tranquility and stability in the spirit.