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Aristotle

Aristotle

Greek philosopher

Lived from: 384 - 322

Category: Philosophers Country: FlagGreece

  • Anyone can become angry - that is easy. But to be angry with the right person, to the right degree, at the right time, for the right purpose, and in the right way - this is not easy.
  • At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst.
  • The end of labor is to gain leisure.
  • 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 and in the right way… that is not easy.
  • Those who excel in virtue have the best right of all to rebel, but then they are of all men the least inclined to do so.
  • We praise a man who feels angry on the right grounds and against the right persons and also in the right manner at the right moment and for the right length of time.
  • Anybody can become angry - that is easy, but to be angry with the right person and to the right degree and at the right time and for the right purpose, and in the right way - that is not within everybody's power and is not easy.
  • We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.
  • 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 they incite to noble deeds.
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  • All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsions, habit, reason, passion, desire.
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  • He who can be, and therefore is, another's, and he who participates in reason enough to apprehend, but not to have, is a slave by nature.
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  • Every art and every inquiry, and similarly every action and choice, is thought to aim at some good; and for this reason the good has rightly been declared to be that at which all things aim.
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  • Excellence, then, is a state concerned with choice, lying in a mean, relative to us, this being determined by reason and in the way in which the man of practical wisdom would determine it.
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  • The law is reason, free from passion.
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  • This is the reason why mothers are more devoted to their children than fathers: it is that they suffer more in giving them birth and are more certain that they are their own.
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What are the most famous quotes from Aristotle?

The two most famous quotes from Aristotle are:

  • "All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsions, habit, reason, passion, desire."
  • "He who can be, and therefore is, another's, and he who participates in reason enough to apprehend, but not to have, is a slave by nature."

When did Aristotle live?

Aristotle was born in 384 and died in the year 322.