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.
Be a free thinker and don't accept everything you hear as truth. Be critical and evaluate what you believe in. - Aristotle
Be a free thinker and don't accept everything you hear as truth. Be critical and evaluate what you believe in.
- Aristotle
Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all. - Aristotle
Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all.
A friend of everyone is a friend of no one - Aristotle
A friend of everyone is a friend of no one
Education is the best provision for old age. - Aristotle
Education is the best provision for old age.
One cannot say of something that it is and that it is not in the same respect at the same time. - Aristotle
One cannot say of something that it is and that it is not in the same respect at the same time.
What you have to learn to do, you learn by doing. - Aristotle
What you have to learn to do, you learn by doing.
Happiness is a quality of the soul...not a function of one's material circumstances. - Aristotle
Happiness is a quality of the soul...not a function of one's material circumstances.
Life is only meaningful when we are striving for a goal . - Aristotle
Life is only meaningful when we are striving for a goal .
Everybody loves a thing more if it has cost him trouble: for instance those who have made money love money more than those who have inherited it. - Aristotle
Everybody loves a thing more if it has cost him trouble: for instance those who have made money love money more than those who have inherited it.
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