He was a great figure in Greek philosophy, making contributions to logic, biology, metaphysics, mathematics, physics,
botany, ethics, politics, agriculture, medicine, dance and theatre. He was a student of Plato who in turn
studied under Socrates. He was more empirically-minded than Plato or Socrates and is famous for rejecting Plato’s
theory of forms.
Aristotle was a prolific writer and polymath, who radically influenced most areas of knowledge he touched.
He was the father of the field of logic, he was the first to develop a formalized system for reasoning.
Aristotle gave the special prominence to good reasoning combined with his deep belief in the scientific method forms.
(384 - 322 BCE)
No excellent soul is exempt from a mixture of madness.
~ Aristotle
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.
~ Aristotle
A true friend is one soul in two bodies.
~ Aristotle
Change in all things is sweet.
~ Aristotle
What is a friend? A single soul dwelling in two bodies.
~ Aristotle
Plato is dear to me, but dearer still is truth.
~ Aristotle
It is best to rise from life as from a banquet, neither thirsty nor drunken.
~ Aristotle
Thou wilt find rest from vain fancies if thou doest every act in life as though it were thy last.
~ Aristotle
We make war that we may live in peace.
~ Aristotle
Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms.
~ Aristotle
Character may almost be called the most effective means of persuasion.
~ Aristotle
In a democracy the poor will have more power than the rich, because there are more of them, and the will of the majority is supreme.
~ Aristotle
No one would choose a friendless existence on condition of having all the other things in the world.
~ Aristotle
I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self.
~ Aristotle
Man is naturally a political animal.
~ Aristotle
The least initial deviation from the truth is multiplied later a thousandfold.
~ Aristotle
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.
~ Aristotle
Republics decline into democracies and democracies degenerate into despotisms.
~ Aristotle
I have gained this from philosophy: that I do without being commanded what others do only from fear of the law.
~ Aristotle
In nine cases out of ten, a woman had better show more affection than she feels.
~ Aristotle
Homer has taught all other poets the art of telling lies skillfully.
~ Aristotle
It is unbecoming for young men to utter maxims.
~ Aristotle
Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.
~ Aristotle
Personal beauty is a greater recommendation than any letter of reference.
~ Aristotle
Politicians also have no leisure, because they are always aiming at something beyond political
life itself, power and glory, or happiness.
~ Aristotle
If one way be better than another, that you may be sure is nature's way.
~ Aristotle
It is not once nor twice but times without number that the same ideas make their appearance in the world.
~ Aristotle
The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.
~ Aristotle
Most people would rather give than get affection.
~ Aristotle
At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst.
~ Aristotle
There was never a genius without a tincture of madness.
~ Aristotle
Fear is pain arising from the anticipation of evil.
~ Aristotle
Courage is a mean with regard to fear and confidence.
~ Aristotle
No one loves the man whom he fears.
~ Aristotle
The aim of the wise is not to secure pleasure, but to avoid pain.
~ Aristotle
The Greek biographer, moralist, historian and essayist who has been described as one of the most influential writers who ever lived.
He studied mathematics, physics, medicine, natural science, rhetoric, philosophy, Greek, and Latin literature in 66.
His biographies of others are famous but not much is known about him.
Plutarch is perhaps best known for "Lives and Moralia" a collection of 83 treatises on diverse subjects such as
vegetarianism; superstition; Epicurean, Stoic, and Academic philosophy; dietetics; divine justice; prophecy; demonology;
conjugal relations; family life and mysticism.
His works had strong influence on later writers and the literatures of Europe and even America.
He was very much concerned with men's moral conduct and individual moral guidance in an age when men were losing
their faith in philosophy and religion.
(ca.46 - ca.120)
There is a wisdom of the head, and a wisdom of the heart.
~ Charles Dickens
Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.
~ George Bernard Shaw
You have your way. I have my way. As for the right way, the correct way, and the only way, it does not exist.
~ Friedrich NietzscheMore Proverbs
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