Tag: Aristotle
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Men are swayed more by fear than by reverence.
Aristotle
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A sense is what has the power of receiving into itself the sensible forms of things without the matter, in the way in which a piece of wax takes on the impress of a signet-ring without the iron or gold.
Aristotle
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To run away from trouble is a form of cowardice and, while it is true that the suicide braves death, he does it not for some noble object but to escape some ill.
Aristotle
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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
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Long-lived persons have one or two lines which extend through the whole hand; short-lived persons have two lines not extending through the whole hand.
Aristotle
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The ultimate value of life depends upon awareness and the power of contemplation rather than upon mere survival.
Aristotle
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Suffering becomes beautiful when anyone bears great calamities with cheerfulness, not through insensibility but through greatness of mind.
Aristotle
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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.
Aristotle
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Courage is a mean with regard to fear and confidence.
Aristotle
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Character may almost be called the most effective means of persuasion.
Aristotle