These, then, are the four kinds of royalty. First the monarchy of the heroic ages; this was exercised over voluntary subjects, but limited to certain functions; the king was a general and a judge, and had the control of religion The second is that of the barbarians, which is a hereditary despotic government in accordance with law. A third is the power of the so-called Aesynmete or Dictator; this is an elective tyranny. The fourth is the Lacedaemonian, which is in fact a generalship, hereditary and perpetual.
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.
What you have to learn to do, you learn by doing. - Aristotle
What you have to learn to do, you learn by doing.
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.
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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