Occupation: Philosopher Birth: 384 Bc Death: 322 Bc
All men are alike when asleep..
Actual knowledge is identical with its object: in the individual, potential knowledge is in time prior to actual knowledge, but in the universe as a ….
The gods too are fond of a joke..
It is clear, then, that wisdom is knowledge having to do with certain principles and causes. But now, since it is this knowledge that we are seeking,….
If, therefore, there is any one superior in virtue and in the power of performing the best actions, him we ought to follow and obey, but he must have….
The line between lawful and unlawful abortion will be marked by the fact of having sensation and being alive..
Virtue also depends on ourselves. And so also does vice. For where we are free to act we are also free to refrain from acting, and where we are able ….
Now that practical skills have developed enough to provide adequately for material needs, one of these sciences which are not devoted to utilitarian ….
Misfortune shows those who are not really friends..
To appreciate the beauty of a snow flake, it is necessary to stand out in the cold..
For though we love both the truth and our friends, piety requires us to honor the truth first..
Perception starts with the eye..
We deliberate not about ends, but about means..
No one loves the man whom he fears..
It is not sufficient to know what one ought to say, but one must also know how to say it..
It is through wonder that men now begin and originally began to philosophize; wondering in the first place at obvious perplexities, and then by gradu….
It is Homer who has chiefly taught other poets the art of telling lies skillfully..
The aim of education is to make the pupil like and dislike what he ought....The little human animal will not at first have the right responses. It mu….
Music directly represents the passions of the soul. If one listens to the wrong kind of music, he will become the wrong kind of person..
Equity is that idea of justice which contravenes the written law..
It was through the feeling of wonder that men now and at first began to philosophize..