Aristotle

Philosopher

Aristotle was an ancient Greek philosopher whose works on ethics, metaphysics, and politics laid foundational principles for Western thought.

Born
January 1, 0384
Died
January 1, 0322
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"It is of the nature of desire not to be satisfied, and most men live only for the gratification of it."

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"The ultimate end...is not knowledge, but action. To be half right on time may be more important than to obtain the whole truth too late."

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"The soul suffers when the body is diseased or traumatized, while the body suffers when the soul is ailing."

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"Worthless persons appointed to have supreme control of weighty affairs do a lot of damage."

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"Truth is a remarkable thing. We cannot miss knowing some of it. But we cannot know it entirely."

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"We work to earn our leisure."

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"One thing alone not even God can do,To make undone whatever hath been done."

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"The family is the association established by nature for the supply of men's everyday wants."

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"Revolutions are effected in two ways, by force and by fraud."

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"The young are heated by Nature as drunken men by wine."

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