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 depends upon ourselves.
Hope is a waking dream.
Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.
It is not enough to win a war; it is more important to organize the peace.
Men create gods after their own image, not only with regard to their form but with regard to their mode of life.
Of all the varieties of virtues, liberalism is the most beloved.
Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them.
In a democracy the poor will have more power than the rich, because there are more of them, and the will of the majority is supreme.
Patience s bitter, but it's fruit is sweet.
The two qualities which chiefly inspire regard and affection are that a thing is your own and that it is your only one.
Salt water when it turns into vapour becomes sweet, and the vapour does not form salt water when it condenses again. This I know by experiment. The same thing is true in every case of the kind: wine and all fluids that evaporate and condense back into a liquid state become water. They all are water modified by a certain admixture, the nature of which determines their flavour.
If 'bounded by a surface' is the definition of body there cannot be an infinite body either intelligible or sensible.
Hope is the dream of a waking man.
The mass of mankind are evidently slavish in their tastes, preferring a life suitable to beasts.