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
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
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.
For what is the best choice, for each individual is the highest it is possible for him to achieve.
Poetry is something more philosophic and of graver import than history, since its statements are of nature of universals, whereas those of history are of singulars
It is possible to fail in many ways...while to succeed is possible only in one way.
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.
It is easy to fly into a passion - anybody can do that - but to be angry with the right person to the right extent and at the right time with the right object and in the right way - that is not easy, and it is not everyone who can do it
Melancholy men are of all others the most witty.
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.
To be conscious that we are perceiving or thinking is to be conscious of out own existence.
The greatest of all pleasures is the pleasure of learning.
Find the good. Seek the Unity. Ignore the divisions among us.