The Eyes are the organs of temptation, and the Ears are the organs of instruction. Aristotle More Quotes by Aristotle More Quotes From Aristotle Liars when they speak the truth are not believed. Aristotle truthmotivationalinspirational If you see a man approaching with the obvious intent of doing you good, run for your life. Aristotle doing-yourunningmen It is not sufficient to know what one ought to say, but one must also know how to say it. Aristotle oughtknow-howknows Metaphysics is universal and is exclusively concerned with primary substance. ... And here we will have the science to study that which is, both in its essence and in the properties which it has. Aristotle substancestudyessence We must speak first about the division of land and about those who cultivate it: who should they be and what kind of person? We do not agree with those who have said that property should be communally owned, but we do believe that there should be a friendly arrangement for its common use, and that none of the citizens should be without means of support. Aristotle wisdommeanbelieve That which is common to the greatest number has the least care bestowed upon it. Every one thinks chiefly of his own, hardly at all of the common interest; and only when he is himself concerned as an individual. For besides other considerations, everybody is more inclined to neglect the duty which he expects another to fulfill. Aristotle selfishnessnumbersthinking If 'bounded by a surface' is the definition of body there cannot be an infinite body either intelligible or sensible. Aristotle definitionsinfinitebody In everything, it is no easy task to find the middle. Aristotle educationaltasksphilosophy Philosophy is the science which considers truth. Aristotle philosophicaltruthphilosophy Since we think we understand when we know the explanation, and there are four types of explanation (one, what it is to be a thing; one, that if certain things hold it is necessary that this does; another, what initiated the change; and fourth, the aim), all these are proved through the middle term. Aristotle doesciencethinking Human good turns out to be activity of soul exhibiting excellence, and if there is more than one sort of excellence, in accordance with the best and most complete.Foroneswallowdoesnot makea summer, nor does one day; and so too one day, or a short time, does not make a man blessed and happy. Aristotle blessedsummertime It is no part of a physician's business to use either persuasion or compulsion upon the patients. Aristotle physiciansusescience Saying the words that come from knowledge is no sign of having it. Aristotle Justice is the loveliest and health is the best. but the sweetest to obtain is the heart's desire. Aristotle justiceheartromantic A government which is composed of the middle class more nearly approximates to democracy than to oligarchy, and is the safest of the imperfect forms of government. Aristotle democracygovernmentclass Good laws, if they are not obeyed, do not constitute good government. Aristotle governmentifslaw Character gives us qualities, but it is in our actions — what we do — that we are happy or the reverse. Aristotle writinggivingcharacter While most of those who hold that the whole heaven is finite say that the earth lies at the center, the philosophers of Italy, the so-called Pythagoreans, assert the contrary. They say that in the middle there is fire, and that the earth is one of the stars, and by its circular motion round the center produces night and day. Aristotle starsnightlying For even they who compose treatises of medicine or natural philosophy in verse are denominated Poets: yet Homer and Empedocles have nothing in common except their metre; the former, therefore, justly merits the name of the Poet; while the other should rather be called a Physiologist than a Poet. Aristotle medicinenamesphilosophy Law is mind without reason. Aristotle lawreasonmind
