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 best way to teach morality is to make it a habit with children.
To write well, express yourself like the common people, but think like a wise man.
Every wicked man is in ignorance as to what he ought to do, and from what to abstain, and it is because of error such as this that men become unjust and, in a word, wicked.
The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace, making the best of circumstances.
He who has conferred a benefit on anyone from motives of love or honor will feel pain, if he sees that the benefit is received without gratitude.
It is easy to perform a good action, but not easy to acquire a settled habit of performing such actions.
Those that know, do. Those that understand, teach.
All friendly feelings toward others come from the friendly feelings a person has for himself.
We praise a man who feels angry on the right grounds and against the right persons and also in the right manner at the right moment and for the right length of time.
Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work.
Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms.
It is simplicity that makes the uneducated more effective than the educated when addressing popular audiences.
The energy of the mind is the essence of life.
A common danger unites even the bitterest enemies.