Different men seek after happiness in different ways and by different means, and so make for themselves different modes of life and forms of government.
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Aristotle
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About Aristotle
Aristotle was an ancient Greek philosopher and polymath. His writings span the natural sciences, philosophy, linguistics, economics, politics, psychology, and the arts. As the founder of the Peripatetic school of philosophy in the Lyceum in Athens, he began the wider Aristotelian tradition that followed, which set the groundwork for the development of modern science.
Read on Wikipedia → Find books by AristotleMen acquire a particular quality by constantly acting in a particular way.
Perfect friendship is the friendship of men who are good, and alike in excellence for these wish well alike to each other qua good, and they are good in themselves.
Bad men are full of repentance.
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.
All men by nature desire knowledge.
Jealousy is both reasonable and belongs to reasonable men, while envy is base and belongs to the base, for the one makes himself get good things by jealousy, while the other does not allow his neighb…
Democracy is when the indigent, and not the men of property, are the rulers.
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For though we love both the truth and our friends, piety requires us to honor the truth first.
Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.
The state comes into existence for the sake of life and continues to exist for the sake of good life.
Thou wilt find rest from vain fancies if thou doest every act in life as though it were thy last.
Men create gods after their own image, not only with regard to their form but with regard to their mode of life.
Different men seek after happiness in different ways and by different means, and so make for themselves different modes of life and forms of government.
It is best to rise from life as from a banquet, neither thirsty nor drunken.
Politicians also have no leisure, because they are always aiming at something beyond political life itself, power and glory, or happiness.
The energy of the mind is the essence of life.
The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace, making the best of circumstances.
The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, since there are few things for which he cares sufficiently but he is willing, in great crises, to give even his life - knowing that under ce…
In poverty and other misfortunes of life, true friends are a sure refuge. The young they keep out of mischief to the old they are a comfort and aid in their weakness, and those in the prime of life t…
The ultimate value of life depends upon awareness and the power of contemplation rather than upon mere survival.
Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them for these only gave them life, those the art of living well.
The one exclusive sign of thorough knowledge is the power of teaching.
All men by nature desire knowledge.
Jealousy is both reasonable and belongs to reasonable men, while envy is base and belongs to the base, for the one makes himself get good things by jealousy, while the other does not allow his neighb…