Tag: Aristotle
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Some animals are cunning and evil-disposed, as the fox; others, as the dog, are fierce, friendly, and fawning. Some are gentle and easily tamed, as the elephant; some are susceptible of shame, and watchful, as the goose. Some are jealous and fond of ornament, as the peacock.
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He who hath many friends hath none.
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A statement is persuasive and credible either because it is directly self-evident or because it appears to be proved from other statements that are so.
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The soul never thinks without a picture.
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Piety requires us to honor truth above our friends.
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Of all the varieties of virtues, liberalism is the most beloved.
Aristotle
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Hence poetry is something more philosophic and of graver import than history, since its statements are rather of the nature of universals, whereas those of history are singulars.
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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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Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work.
Aristotle
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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.
Aristotle