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Aristotle

Read through the most famous quotes from Aristotle




The weak are always anxious for justice and equality. The strong pay no heed to either.


— Aristotle


#equality

Choice not chance determines your destiny [my family motto...credited to Aristotle]


— Aristotle


#family

With the truth, all given facts harmonize; but with what is false, the truth soon hits a wrong note.


— Aristotle


#philosophy #truth #music

Yes the truth is that men's ambition and their desire to make money are among the most frequent causes of deliberate acts of injustice.


— Aristotle


#injustice #money #men

We are what we repeatedly do. Greatness then, is not an act, but a habit


— Aristotle


#life

Democracy arises out of the notion that those who are equal in any respect are equal in all respects; because men are equally free, they claim to be absolutely equal.


— Aristotle


#any #arises #because #claim #democracy

There is only one way to avoid criticism: do nothing, say nothing, and be nothing.


— Aristotle


#motivational #wisdom #motivational

Distance does not break off the friendship absolutely, but only the activity of it.


— Aristotle


#friendship #friendship

A courageous person is one who faces fearful things as he ought and as reason directs for the sake of what is noble.


— Aristotle


#courage

All men by nature desire to know.


— Aristotle


#philosophy #wisdom #men






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Did you know about Aristotle?

John Philoponus stands out for having attempted a fundamental critique of Aristotle's views on the eternity of the world movement and other elements of Aristotelian thought. The final cause is its purpose or that for the sake of which a thing exists or is done including both purposeful and instrumental actions and activities. Politics

In addition to his works on ethics which address the individual Aristotle addressed the city in his work titled Politics.

All aspects of Aristotle's philosophy continue to be the object of active academic study today. Aristotle (Greek: Ἀριστοτέλης [aristotélɛːs] Aristotélēs) (384 BC – 322 BC) was a Greek philosopher and polymath a student of Plato and teacher of Alexander the Great. His writings cover many subjects including physics metaphysics poetry theater music logic rhetoric linguistics politics government ethics biology and zoology.

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