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
Wicked men obey from fear; good men, from love.
The final cause, then, produces motion through being loved.
Love is the cause of unity in all things.
Therefore, even the lover of myth is a philosopher; for myth is composed of wonder.
The secret to humor is surprise.
So that the lover of myths, which are a compact of wonders, is by the same token a lover of wisdom.
A man becomes a friend whenever being loved he loves in return.
For pleasure is a state of soul, and to each man that which he is said to be a lover of is pleasant.
Friendship is essentially a partnership.
Misfortune shows those who are not really friends.
Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.
To love someone is to identify with them.
For though we love both the truth and our friends, piety requires us to honor the truth first.
Happiness depends on ourselves.