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
All men desire by nature to know.
Men in general desire the good and not merely what their fathers had.
Money is a guarantee that we may have what we want in the future. Though we need nothing at the moment it insures the possibility of satisfying a new desire when it arises.
Yes the truth is that men's ambition and their desire to make money are among the most frequent causes of deliberate acts of injustice.
[I]t is rather the case that we desire something because we believe it to be good than that we believe a thing to be good because we desire it. It is the thought that starts things off.
It is of the nature of desire not to be satisfied, and most men live only for the gratification of it.
Purpose is a desire for something in our own power, coupled with an investigation into its means.
It is not the possessions but the desires of mankind which require to be equalized.
The law is reason unaffected by desire.
Whatsoever that be within us that feels, thinks, desires, and animates, is something celestial, divine, and, consequently, imperishable.
Wonder implies the desire to learn.
Bad people...are in conflict with themselves; they desire one thing and will another, like the incontinent who choose harmful pleasures instead of what they themselves believe to be good.
Bring your desires down to your present means. Increase them only when your increased means permit.
All that we do is done with an eye to something else.