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
Melancholy men are of all others the most witty.
It is possible to fail in many ways...while to succeed is possible only in one way.
For what is the best choice, for each individual is the highest it is possible for him to achieve.
What is a friend? A single soul dwelling in two bodies.
To enjoy the things we ought, and to hate the things we ought, has the greatest bearing on excellence of character.
He is his own best friend, and takes delight in privacy whereas the man of no virtue or ability is his own worst enemy and is afraid of solitude
The quality of a life is determined by its activities
To be conscious that we are perceiving or thinking is to be conscious of out own existence.
Virtue is more clearly shown in the performance of fine actions than in the nonperformance of base ones.
Wicked men obey from fear; good men, from love.
The greatest of all pleasures is the pleasure of learning.
Find the good. Seek the Unity. Ignore the divisions among us.
To write well, express yourself like common people, but think like a wise man. Or, think as wise men do, but speak as the common people do.
We become just by performing just actions, temperate by performing temperate actions, brave by performing brave actions.