Aristotle
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An ancient Greek philosopher who contributed profoundly to nearly every field of knowledge, including ethics, metaphysics, politics, and science. He pioneered a systematic approach to philosophy and scientific inquiry. His works explore concepts of virtue, happiness, and rationality, laying the groundwork for Western intellectual traditions. His legacy endures in philosophy, science, and logic.
Aristotle
Quotes
An ancient Greek philosopher who contributed profoundly to nearly every field of knowledge, including ethics, metaphysics, politics, and science. He pioneered a systematic approach to philosophy and scientific inquiry. His works explore concepts of virtue, happiness, and rationality, laying the groundwork for Western intellectual traditions. His legacy endures in philosophy, science, and logic.
The good of man is the active exercise of his soul's faculties. This exercise must occupy a complete lifetime. One swallow does not make a spring, nor does one fine day. Excellence is a habit, not an event.
We deliberate not about ends, but about means.
We are what we repeatedly do... excellence, therefore, isn't just an act, but a habit and life isn't just a series of events, but an ongoing process of self-definition.
You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor.
Doubt is the beginning of wisdom.
When there is no middle class, and the poor greatly exceed in number, troubles arise, and the state soon comes to an end.
The least initial deviation from the truth is multiplied later a thousandfold.
Only an armed people can be truly free. Only an unarmed people can ever be enslaved.
Character is determined by choice, not opinion.
The most perfect political community is one in which the middle class is in control, and outnumbers both of the other classes.
At the intersection where your gifts, talents, and abilities meet a human need; therein you will discover your purpose.
The hardest victory is the victory over self.
95% of everything you do is the result of habit.
Courage is the mother of all virtues because without it, you cannot consistently perform the others.
The character which results from wealth is that of a prosperous fool.
All paid jobs absorb and degrade the mind.
What is the essence of life? To serve others and to do good.
Democracy arose from men's thinking that if they are equal in any respect they are equal absolutely.
The man who is content to live alone is either a beast or a god.
The most important relationship we can all have is the one you have with yourself, the most important journey you can take is one of self-discovery. To know yourself, you must spend time with yourself, you must not be afraid to be alone. Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.
Tyrants preserve themselves by sowing fear and mistrust among the citizens by means of spies, by distracting them with foreign wars, by eliminating men of spirit who might lead a revolution, by humbling the people, and making them incapable of decisive action.
Character is made by many acts; it may be lost by a single one.
Fortune favours the bold.
