Our account does not rob the mathematicians of their science... In point of fact they do not need the infinite and do not use it. Aristotle More Quotes by Aristotle More Quotes From Aristotle Accordingly, the poet should prefer probable impossibilities to improbable possibilities. The tragic plot must not be composed of irrational parts. Aristotle philosophicalplotpoet What the statesman is most anxious to produce is a certain moral character in his fellow citizens, namely a disposition to virtue and the performance of virtuous actions. Aristotle anxietypoliticalcharacter Praise invariably implies a reference to a higher standard. Aristotle higher-standardsstandardspraise The actuality of thought is life. Aristotle actualitylife Change in all things is sweet. Aristotle philosophicalchangesweet For one swallow does not make a summer, nor does one day; and so too one day, or a short time, does not make a man blessed and happy. Aristotle blessedsummermen 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 inquirychoicesart Money is a guarantee that we can have what we want in the future Aristotle guarantees-thatguaranteeswant They who have drunk beer, fall on their back, but there is a peculiarity in the effects of the drink made from barley, for they that get drunk on other intoxicating liquors fall on all parts of their body, they fall on the left side, on the right side, on their faces, and and on their backs. But it is only those who get drunk on beer that fall on their backs with their faces upward. Aristotle drunkbeerfall You'll understand what life is if you think about the act of dying. When I die, how will I be different from the way I am right now? In the first moments after death, my body will be scarcely different in physical terms than it was in the last seconds of life, but I will no longer move, no longer sense, nor speak, nor feel, nor care. It's these things that are life. At that moment, the psyche takes flight in the last breath. Aristotle lifemovingthinking Justice is Equality...but equality of what? Aristotle justice Intuition is the source of scientific knowledge. Aristotle educationalspiritualinspirational The physician heals, Nature makes well. Aristotle physiciansnaturescience Madness is badness of spirit, when one seeks profit from all Aristotle madnesssourcespirit Excellence or virtue in a man will be the disposition which renders him a good man and also which will cause him to perform his function well. Aristotle good-manexcellencemen Both Self-restraint and Unrestraint are a matter of extremes as compared with the character of the mass of mankind; the restrained man shows more and the unrestrained man less steadfastness than most men are capable of. Aristotle selfcharactermen The continuum is that which is divisible into indivisibles that are infinitely divisible. Aristotle continuum In a polity, each citizen is to possess his own arms, which are not supplied or owned by the state. Aristotle armscitizensgun And so long as they were at war, their power was preserved, but when they had attained empire they fell, for of the arts of peace they knew nothing, and had never engaged in any employment higher than war. Aristotle warlongart Boundaries don't protect rivers, people do. Aristotle environmentalriverspeople
