Category Aristotle

Aristotle says:  “What is the Good…”

Aristotle says:  “What is the Good for man? It must be the ultimate end or object of human life: something that is in itself completely satisfying. Happiness fits this description…we always choose it for itself, and never for any other…

Aristotle says:  “There seems to be…”

Aristotle says:  “There seems to be in us a sort of affinity to musical modes and rhythms, which makes some philosophers say that the soul is a tuning, others, that it possesses tuning.”

Aristotle says:  “The wise man does…”

Aristotle says:  “The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, since there are few things for which he cares sufficiently; but he is willing, in great crises, to give even his life – knowing that under certain conditions…

Aristotle says:  “The maxim,…”

Aristotle says:  “The maxim, as has been already said, is a general statement, and people love to hear stated in general terms what they already believe in some particular connexion: e.g. if a man happens to have bad neighbors or…

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