#aristotle

Slavery was regarded by Aristotle as an ordinance of nature, and so probably was it by the slaves themselves in olden time. ↗

— Alfred Marshall

#nature #olden #ordinance #probably #regarded

Aristotle could have avoided the mistake of thinking that women have fewer teeth than men, by the simple device of asking Mrs. Aristotle to keep her mouth open while he counted. ↗

— Bertrand Russell

#asking #avoided #could #counted #device

I was one of the first people to learn that Jackie was going to marry Aristotle Onassis. ↗

— Pierre Salinger

#first #going #i #jackie #learn

Aristotle taught that the brain exists merely to cool the blood and is not involved in the process of thinking. This is true only of certain persons. ↗

— Will Cuppy

#blood #brain #certain #cool #exists

Where words can be translated into equivalent words, the style of an original can be closely followed; but no translation which aims at being written in normal English can reproduce the style of Aristotle. ↗

— Gilbert Murray

#aristotle #being #closely #english #equivalent

For Aristotle, friendship in its highest form has a political or civic dimension. We love our friends not just because we like each other or are useful to each other, but because we share the same values and ideals for our society, and come together to advance those ideals. ↗

— Jules Evans

#friendship #philosophy #friendship