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
He who has overcome his fears will truly be free.
He who has never learned to obey cannot be a good commander.
Republics decline into democracies and democracies degenerate into despotisms.
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.
Tolerance and apathy are the last virtues of a dying society.
He who hath many friends hath none.
Poverty is the parent of revolution and crime.
Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.
Excellence is never an accident. It is always the result of high intention, sincere effort, and intelligent execution; it represents the wise choice of many alternatives - choice, not chance, determines your destiny.
Poetry is something more philosophic and of graver import than history, since its statements are of nature of universals, whereas those of history are of singulars
Learning is an ornament in prosperity, a refuge in adversity, and a provision in old age.
One must learn by doing the thing, for though you think you know it, you have no certainty until you try
Personal beauty is a greater recommendation than any letter of introduction
Dignity consists not in possessing honors, but in the consciousness that we deserve them.