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
The basis of a democratic state is liberty
Character is that which reveals moral purpose, exposing the class of things a man chooses and avoids.
Art not only imitates nature, but also completes its deficiencies.
Intuition is the source of scientific knowledge.
Equality consists in the same treatment of similar persons.
The coward calls the brave man rash, the rash man calls him a coward.
Happiness is an expression of the soul in considered actions.
Remember that time slurs over everything, let all deeds fade, blurs all writings and kills all memories. Exempt are only those which dig into the hearts of men by love.
The self-indulgent man craves for all pleasant things... and is led by his appetite to choose these at the cost of everything else.
Courage is the mother of all virtues because without it, you cannot consistently perform the others.
The weak are always anxious for justice and equality. The strong pay no heed to either.
Evil brings men together.
The investigation of the truth is in one way hard, in another easy. An indication of this is found in the fact that no one is able to attain the truth adequately, while, on the other hand, no one fails entirely, but everyone says something true about the nature of all things, and while individually they contribute little or nothing to the truth, by the union of all a considerable amount is amassed.
Happiness belongs to the self sufficient.