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
Happiness is the reward of virtue.
That which is impossible and probable is better than that which is possible and improbable.
Temperance and bravery, then, are ruined by excess and deficiency, but preserved by the mean.
It is the mark of an educated mind to expect that amount of exactness which the nature of the particular subject admits. It is equally unreasonable to accept merely probable conclusions from a mathematician and to demand strict demonstration from an orator.
A person's life persuades better than his word.
The greatest thing by far is to be a master of metaphor.
Not to know of what things one should demand demonstration, and of what one should not, argues want of education.
The heart is the perfection of the whole organism. Therefore the principles of the power of perception and the souls ability to nourish itself must lie in the heart.
Virtue makes us aim at the right end, and practical wisdom makes us take the right means.
If every tool, when ordered, or even of its own accord, could do the work that befits it... then there would be no need either of apprentices for the master workers or of slaves for the lords.
The man who is content to live alone is either a beast or a god.
That which is common to the greatest number has the least care bestowed upon it
The family is the association established by nature for the supply of man's everyday wants.
To appreciate the beauty of a snow flake, it is necessary to stand out in the cold.