In part, art completes what nature cannot elaborate; and in part it imitates nature. Aristotle More Quotes by Aristotle More Quotes From Aristotle Happiness lies in virtuous activity, and perfect happiness lies in the best activity, which is contemplative Aristotle philosophicalperfectlying There are no experienced young people. Time makes experience. Aristotle parentingyoungpeople A good style must have an air of novelty, at the same time concealing its art. Aristotle airtimeart The true nature of a thing is the highest it can become. Aristotle true-naturehighestlife-changing There are, then, three states of mind ... two vices--that of excess, and that of defect; and one virtue--the mean; and all these are in a certain sense opposed to one another; for the extremes are not only opposed to the mean, but also to one another; and the mean is opposed to the extremes. Aristotle mindtwomean Being a father is the most rewarding thing a man whose career has plateaued can do. Aristotle careersmenfather Finally, if nothing can be truly asserted, even the following claim would be false, the claim that there is no true assertion. Aristotle followingclaimswould-be In bad or corrupted natures the body will often appear to rule over the soul, because they are in an evil and unnatural condition. At all events we may firstly observe in living creatures both a despotical and a constitutional rule; for the soul rules the body with a despotical rule, whereas the intellect rules the appetites with a constitutional and royal rule. And it is clear that the rule of the soul over the body, and of the mind and the rational element over the passionate, is natural and expedient; whereas the equality of the two or the rule of the inferior is always hurtful. Aristotle souleviltwo In [the soul] one part naturally rules, and the other is subject, and the virtue of the ruler we maintain to be different from that of the subject; the one being the virtue of the rational, and the other of the irrational part. Now, it is obvious that the same principle applies generally, and therefore almost all things rule and are ruled according to nature. Aristotle differentprinciplessoul Our problem is not that we aim too high and miss, but that we aim too low and hit. Aristotle problemmissinglows Victory is plesant, not only to those who love to conquer, bot to all; for there is produced an idea of superiority, which all with more or less eagerness desire. Aristotle victoryprideideas We work to earn our leisure. Aristotle leisure It is not the possessions but the desires of mankind which require to be equalized. Aristotle mankindpossessiondesire The perversions are as follows: of royalty, tyranny; of aristocracy, oligarchy; of constitutional government, democracy. Aristotle aristocracydemocracygovernment But is it just then that the few and the wealthy should be the rulers? And what if they, in like manner, rob and plunder the people, - is this just? Aristotle what-ifgovernmentpeople It is the active exercise of our faculties in conformity with virtue that causes happiness, and the opposite activities its opposite. Aristotle oppositesexercisehappiness Worthless persons appointed to have supreme control of weighty affairs do a lot of damage. Aristotle affairdamagepersons The soul has two parts, one rational and the other irrational. Let us now similarly divide the rational part, and let it be assumed that there are two rational faculties, one whereby we contemplate those things whose first principles are invariable, and one whereby we contemplate those things which admit of variation. Aristotle principlessoultwo 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 suicidalsuiciderunning Aristotle said: "Evil brings men together." Aristotle hatredevilmen
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