Aristotle

Ancient Greek philosopher and polymath. His writings cover a broad range of subjects spanning the natural sciences, philosophy

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Ancient Greek philosopher and polymath. His writings cover a broad range of subjects spanning the natural sciences, philosophy

If one way be better than another, that you may be sure is natures way.
It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.
The energy of the mind is the essence of life.
In all things of nature there is something of the marvellous.
A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler whom they consider god-fearing and pious. On the other hand, they do less easily move against him, believing that he has the gods on his side.
Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.
Excellence, then, is a state concerned with choice, lying in a mean, relative to us, this being determined by reason and in the way in which the man of practical wisdom would determine it.
All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsions, habit, reason, passion, desire.

If one way be better than another, that you may be sure is natures way.
It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.
The energy of the mind is the essence of life.
In all things of nature there is something of the marvellous.
A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler whom they consider god-fearing and pious. On the other hand, they do less easily move against him, believing that he has the gods on his side.
Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.
Excellence, then, is a state concerned with choice, lying in a mean, relative to us, this being determined by reason and in the way in which the man of practical wisdom would determine it.
All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsions, habit, reason, passion, desire.