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ARISTOTLEStageira, 384 - 322 B.C. |
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Famous philosopher, the finisher of ancient Greek philosophy. He was born in Stageira, Macedonia. At the age of 18, he came to Athens and enrolled in Plato's School, the well-known Academy, with whom he studied for 20 years. During this time he studied Platonic philosophy, and laid the foundations of his own.
In 342, he was summoned by the Macedonian king Philip and took charge of the education of the thirteen-year-old Alexander, which was interrupted as soon as Alexander began to prepare for the campaign against the Persians. He returned to Athens (335), to find all the public places occupied by the various philosophers. For this reason, Aristotle began to philosophize with his friends while walking, which is why his School was called the Walking School and his followers walking philosophers. When his disciples became very fat, then he taught sitting and surrounded by them.
He organized his students according to the Platonic model. On the contrary, to the idealist Plato, he is the founder of positivism in Greek philosophy and created the sciences of Logic, Psychology, Rhetoric, Physics and Metaphysics. In his surviving writings there is a storehouse of knowledge that caused astonishment as to how it was possible for one man to be able to gather such a wealth of knowledge and assemble and organize it, alone, into a perfect system. For his unprecedented intelligence and his hard work, he was admired by generous kings and rulers of Greece and Asia, and first of all Alexander the Great.
Aristotle's genius aroused the envy of contemporary Athenian philosophers, who in various ways slandered and insulted him. Even his nephew Callisthenes, who accompanied Alexander on the campaign, accused the great philosopher to Alexander, and a whole conspiracy was woven against him, which supposedly turned against Alexander's life. Tired and disgusted by the war that had been waged against him, especially after the death of Alexander, by Athenian philosophers, Aristotle fled to Chalkida, where he had a country house, and died there self-exiled and embittered.
The dead body of the great philosopher was brought to his hometown of Stageira and his fellow citizens erected an altar, near which the authorities of the city went to gather. Furthermore, they defined an "Aristotelion festival", which was celebrated once a year, and in a month they named Aristotle. In Aristotle's testament, saved by Diogenes Laertius, the character of the Stagerite sage, which so many sought to tarnish, can be seen crystal clear: gratitude, charity, impartiality, piety, respect for the last wills of his departed relatives and provision for the survivors.
Works
- Politics
- Ethics Major
- Economicous
- On virtues and evils
- Republic of Athenians - Fragments
- Ethics Eudemeia
- Ethics Nicomachean
- Meta physics
- Meteorological
- The histories of animals
- On parts of animals
- On motion of animals
- On path of animals
- On genesis of animals
- ORGANON 1 - Categories
- On interpretation
- ORGANON 2 - Locals
- ORGANON 3 - On sophist arguments
- ORGANON 4- Analytics prior
- ORGANON 5 - Analytics posterior
- Rhetoric
- On sky
- On birth and decay
- On cosmos
- Physics minor
- Poetics
- Minor
- Problems
- On soul
- Physics
- On spirit
- Rhetoric to Alexander
- Prompt essay
Quotes
- EDUCATION IS AN ORNAMENT IN HAPPINESS AND A REFUGE IN MISFORTUNE
- GRATITUDE GETS OLD FAST
- HOPE IS THE DREAM OF SOMEONE WHO IS NOT SLEEPING
- EDUCATION NEEDS THREE THINGS: INHERENT ABILITY, STUDY, PRACTICE
- BEAUTY IS A DIVINE GIFT
- THE ROOTS OF EDUCATION ARE BITTER, BUT THE FRUIT IS SWEET
- A FRIEND IS A SOUL INSIDE TWO BODIES
- THE PROFIT OF PHILOSOPHY IS TO DO BY YOUR OWN FREE WILL WHAT OTHERS DO BECAUSE THEY FEAR THE LAWS
- WE DO GOOD TO FRIENDS WHEN WE DO WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO BE DONE TO US
- JUSTICE IS A MENTAL VIRTUE THAT GIVES EVERYONE WHAT HE DESERVES
- EDUCATION IS THE BEST RESERVE FOR OLD AGE
- VIRTUE ALONE IS NOT ENOUGH TO ACHIEVE BLISS
- THE WISE SHOULD NOT BE APATHETIC BUT MODERATE
- LOVE IS NOT JUST FOR RELATIONSHIPS BUT ALSO FOR PHILOSOPHY
- THE WISE WILL FALL IN LOVE AND ENGAGE IN POLITICS AND MARRY AND LIVE NEAR KINGS
- GOD IS INCORPORATE
- THE SOUL IS INCORPORATE
- ALL MEN, BY THEIR OWN NATURE, DESIRE KNOWLEDGE
- BY HIS NATURE, MAN IS A SOCIAL ANIMAL
- IT IS EXCELLENT TO EXIT LIFE LIKE LEAVING A PARTY, NEITHER THIRSTY NOR DRUNK
- HABIT IS SECOND NATURE
- INJUSTICE IS FOR SOMEONE BY HIS OWN WILL TO HURT ANOTHER AGAINST THE LAW
- WHERE THERE IS COMPETITION THERE THERE IS VICTORY
- IT'S TRULY HARD TO BE MAGNANIMOUS
- THE LAW SHOULD GOVERN EVERYTHING
- WE ARE ALL FRIENDS TO THOSE WHO ARE SUCCESSFUL, BUT TO THOSE WHO ARE UNSUCCESSFUL NOONE IS A FRIEND, NOT EVEN THOSE WHO GAVE BIRTH TO THEM
- INAPPROPRIATE LAUGHTER IS A TERRIBLE EVIL AMONG MORTALS
- THE FUTURE IS TO A LARGE DEGREE THE SAME AS THE PAST
- NOT ALL MEN HAVE THE SAME IDEA ON THE NATURE OF VIRTUE
- THERE NEEDS TO BE SOMEONE WHO WILL AWARD AND JUDGE WHAT IS RIGHT
- ONE BECOMES EVIL WHEN HE BECOMES A MONARCH, WHILE BY NATURE HE HAS THE CHARACTER OF A TYRANT
- COURAGE IS PREFERRED THAN PRUDENCE
- MORTAL THAT YOU ARE, YOU SHOULD NOT SUSTAIN ENDLESS ANGER
- LEARNING IS VERY PLEASURABLE NOT JUST TO PHILOSOPHERS, BUT TO ALL OTHERS AS WELL
- NOTHING HAPPENS WITHOUT A CAUSE
- BRAVER IS HE WHO OVERCOMES HIS DESIRES THAN HE WHO OVERCOMES HIS ENEMIES, BECAUSE IT IS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT FOR ANYONE TO OVERCOME HIMSELF
- THE GOOD CITIZEN MUST KNOW AND BE WILLING TO GOVERN AND BE GOVERNED
- MOST PEOPLE JUDGE THEIR OWN THINGS BADLY
- MOST PEOPLE LIVE OFF THE LAND AND DOMESTICATED FRUITS
- THE PERFECT MAN IS THE BEST ANIMAL, BUT WHEN HE LACKS LAWS AND JUSTICE IS THE WORST OF ALL
- SELF-KNOWLEDGE IS THE BEGINNING OF HUMAN WISDOM
- YOU CAN ONLY LEARN WITH EFFORT
- IT SHOULD NOT BE CONSIDERED SERVITUDE TO LIVE ACCORDING TO THE LAWS OF THE REPUBLIC, BUT A SALVATION
- PERFECT IS THE FRIENDSHIP OF THE GOOD AND THOSE WHO ARE THE SAME IN VIRTUE
- WE WORK, IN ORDER TO HAVE LEISURE TIME, AND WE FIGHT, IN ORDER TO LIVE PEACEFULLY
- THE THREE THINGS THAT MAKE PEOPLE GOOD AND HONEST ARE NATURE, HABIT AND REASON. EVERY PERSON MUST BE HUMAN AND NOT AN ANIMAL, THAT IS, HAVE DISTINCT PHYSICAL AND MENTAL CHARACTERISTICS
- IT DOESN'T MATTER THAT ONE IS BORN WITH CERTAIN ADVANTAGES OR DEFECTS, BECAUSE HABIT BRINGS ABOUT BIG CHANGES. SO SOME THINGS IN NATURE CAN CHANGE A MAN'S CHARACTER FOR THE BETTER OR FOR THE WORSE
- MAN LIVES ACCORDING TO REASON WITH WHICH ONLY HE IS ENDOWED, AND IS OBLIGED TO ARRANGE THE ELEMENTS OF HIS ENVIRONMENT AMONG THEMSELVES
- MAN MANY TIMES ACTS AGAINST HIS NATURE AND HABITS, WHEN THIS IS CONSIDERED BEST
- VIRTUE IS SUPERIOR TO WEALTH AND MORE BENEFICIAL THAN NOBLE ORIGIN, BECAUSE IT CAN MAKE POSSIBLE WHAT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO OTHERS, WHAT CAUSES FEAR TO MANY, IT ENDURES COURAGEOUSLY
- VIRTUE HOLDS THAT HESITATION IS CENSURE AND CONTEMNATION, LABOUR ON THE OTHER HAND PRAISE
- OH VIRTUE, OBJECT OF THE EFFORTS OF HUMAN RACE, BEAUTIFUL PREY OF HUMAN LIFE, IN YOUR NAME DEATH ITSELF THE GREEKS CONSIDER ENVIABLE FATE AND THE CRUELEST AND NON-STOP STRUGGLE
- OH VIRTUE, YOU INSPIRE SO MUCH LOVE, A LOVE IMMORTAL AND SUPERIOR TO GOLD AND PARENTS AND EVEN RESTFUL SLEEP. FOR YOU, VIRTUE, THE SON OF ZEUS HERCULES SUFFERED MANY HARDSHIPS TO ACQUIRE YOU
- BEAUTY IS THE BEST LETTER OF RECOMMENDATION
- IF FREEDOM AND EQUALITY WERE BORN IN THE THOUGHT OF A MAN, THEY CAN PRACTICALLY BE FOUND IN A DEMOCRACY, WHERE ALL MEN HAVE THE SAME RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE COMMONS
- JUSTICE IS VIRTUE, ACCORDING TO WHICH AND ACCORDING TO THE LAW, EVERYONE HAS WHAT HE NEEDS TO LIVE
- ALL VIRTUES STEM FROM JUSTICE
- JUSTICE CORRESPONDS TO COMMON INTEREST AND IT IS KNOWN TO ALL THAT EQUALITY IS JUSTICE
- WE ALL NECESSARILY ARE SELF-LOVERS, MORE OR, LESS
- IT IS NATURAL TO LOVE ONESELF
- EGOISM IS A KIND OF SELF-LOVE, WHICH IS CORRECTLY SEEN IN NEGATIVE LIGHT, BECAUSE IT IS NO LONGER LOVE FOR OURSELVES, BUT AN UNBRIDLED PASSION, A DESTRUCTIVE PASSION WHICH DRAWS THE MISER TO HIS MONEY AND ALL EGOISTS TOWARDS THE OBJECT OF THEIR DESIRES
- IT IS BETTER FOR ONE TO PUNISH HIS ENEMIES THAN TO NEGOTIATE WITH THEM. BECAUSE, TO RESTORE WHAT YOU HAVE SUFFERED, IS RIGHT AND THE RESTORATION OF JUSTICE IS WORTHFUL
- THE THREE THINGS EDUCATION NEEDS ARE NATURE, STUDY AND PRACTICE
- THOSE WHO HAVE CAREFULLY STUDIED THE MODE OF GOVERNMENT OF MEN, MUST HAVE BEEN CONVINCED, THAT THE FATE OF NATIONS DEPENDS ON THE EDUCATION OF THE YOUNG
- WE SHOULD RESPECT THOSE WHO RAISE AND EDUCATE CHILDREN WELL, THAN THOSE WHO GIVE BIRTH TO THEM
- THE UNITY OF A PEOPLE SHOULD BE ADVANCED THROUGH EDUCATION
- HE WHO WOULD ESTABLISH EDUCATION, AND EXPECT FROM IT TO MAKE THE REPUBLIC GREAT, WILL ACT WRONG, IF HE ENDEAVORS TO ACHIEVE IT BY OTHER MEANS, AND NOT BY GOOD MANNERS, PHILOSOPHY AND LAWS
- DISAPPOINTMENT CREATES ATTITUDES AND REVOLUTIONS. MOREOVER THE CITIZENS REVOLT, NOT ONLY ABOUT INEQUALITY OF WEALTH, BUT ALSO ABOUT INEQUALITY OF GIVEN BENEFITS
- THE LOWER REVOLT TO BECOME EQUAL TO ALL, AND THE EQUAL TO BECOME SUPERIOR. THIS IS THE MINDSET THAT CREATES REVOLUTIONS
- THE PURPOSE OF REVOLUTIONS IS THE ACQUISITION OF WEALTH AND POLITICAL HONOURS, OR, THE THROW OFF OF MISERY AND THE AVOIDANCE OF DISHONOR
- THE CLASS DISTINGUISHED FOR ITS VIRTUE RARELY ATTEMPTS A REVOLUTION AND THAT, BECAUSE THEY ARE ALWAYS IN THE MINORITY
- EVEN IF ONE HAS LIMITED GOODS, AS LONG AS HE HAS A GOOD CHARACTER AND SPIRIT, HE CAN BE HAPPY
- DEATH IS THE MOST AWESOME OF ALL THINGS, BECAUSE IT IS THE END, BEYOND WHICH IT IS BELIEVED THAT THERE IS NOTHING FOR THE DEAD, NEITHER GOOD NOR BAD
- WE HAVE A DUTY TO CONSIDER GOD AS AN ALMIGHTY, IMMORTAL AND PERFECT SPIRIT. FOR THOUGH HE IS INVISIBLE TO THE EYES OF MEN, YET HE IS MANIFESTED BY HIS WORKS
- ANYONE CAN EASILY GET ANGRY. HOWEVER, HE SHOULD GET ANGRY WHEN HE SHOULD, TO THE RIGHT DEGREE, AT THE RIGHT TIME, FOR A JUST CAUSE
- WHEN PEOPLE TAKE OUT THEIR ANGER TO OTHERS, THEY FEEL GOOD
- DOGS DO NOT BITE THOSE WHO FALL DOWN, AND ANGER CEASES AND DOES NOT BREAK OUT ON A MAN WHO WILL SHOW HUMILIATION BEFORE THE ANGRY
- ONE MAKES A CONTRACT WITH LENIENCY, WHEN FORGIVING WEAKNESSES
- CONSCIENCE IS OUR OWN JUDGMENT OF THE RIGHT OR WRONG OF OUR ACTIONS
- BEING RESERVED IS AN ORNAMENT OF YOUTH AND A FAULT OF OLD AGE
- SLEEP, ALTAR OF THE NIGHT
- ENVYING SOMEONE IS LIKE ADMITTING THAT YOU ARE INFERIOR TO THEM
- PHILOSOPHY IS THE SCIENCE OF TRUTH
- POVERTY WITHOUT DEBT IS GREAT WEALTH
- BECAUSE MEN ARE MOSTLY AMBITIOUS, THEY NECESSARILY LIKE TO SPEAK BAD OF THEIR FELLOW MAN
- TYRANTS ARE FRIENDS OF THE WICKED AND THE CORRUPT BECAUSE THEY FLATTER THEM AND THEY LIKE IT. NO PERSON OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND HONESTY IS RULED BY THIS DEFECT
- GOOD PEOPLE MAY FEEL AFFECTION FOR FRIENDS, BUT THEY DO NOT FLATTER THEM. ON THE CONTRARY, THE WICKED PRAISE THE EVIL DEEDS OF THE POWERFUL AND PARTICIPATE IN THEM
- THE CREATOR CAN BE NEITHER THE ONLY NOR THE BEST JUDGE OF HIS WORK
- EVERY TEACHING AND EVERY INTELLECTUAL LEARNING STARTS WITH EXISTING KNOWLEDGE
- TO MAKE REST BEAUTIFUL THE ANCIENTS INTRODUCED MUSIC IN EDUCATION. THEY DID NOT CLAIM IT WAS A NECESSARY ART BECAUSE IT IS NOT A NECESSITY
- MOTHERS LOVE THEIR CHILDREN MORE THAN FATHERS. AND THAT, BECAUSE FIRST OF ALL CHILDBIRTH IS PAINFUL, AND SECONDLY THEY HAVE THE CERTAINTY THAT THE CHILDREN ARE THEIRS
- THE STRONGEST MEMORY IS MOSTLY POSSESSED BY THOSE WHO PERCEIVE SLOWLY
- CORRECTLY WRITTEN LAWS SHOULD PROVIDE FOR ALL CASES AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, SO LEAVING AS LITTLE AS POSSIBLE TO JUDGES' DISCRETION
- EVEN WHEN THE LAWS HAVE BEEN ESTABLISHED, THEY SHOULD NOT ALWAYS REMAIN THE SAME AND IMMUTABLE
- THE JUDGMENT OF THE LEGISLATOR IS NOT PARTIAL, BUT UNIVERSAL AND FUTURE ORIENTED, THE JUDGE ON THE OTHER HAND JUDGES THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED
- LAWS MUST RULE AND BE ABOVE ALL
- WISDOM IS THE MOTHER AND NURISHMENT OF EVERY VIRTUE
- THERE ARE PEOPLE SO GREEDY THAT THEY THINK THEY WILL LIVE FOREVER AND OTHERS SO WASTEFUL THAT THEY THINK THEY WILL DIE IN A MOMENT
- IT IS IMPOSSIBLE FOR ONE WHO DOES NOTHING, TO DO A LOT
- WEALTH OFTEN RULES OVER CIRCUMSTANCES
- SOME BEINGS, FROM THEIR BIRTH, ARE DESTINED TO BE SUBMISSIVE OR, TO RULE
- MORAL CHARACTER HAS THE POWER TO MAKE SOMETHING BELIEVABLE
- THE THREE QUALIFICATIONS WHICH SHOULD BE POSSESSED BY THOSE WHO ARE TO ASSUME THE GOVERNMENT OF A REPUBLIC ARE A LOVE FOR THE EXISTING REGIME, THE NECESSARY ABILITY AND VIRTUE, AND A LOVE OF JUSTICE, WHICH ARE SUITABLE TO THE COUNTRY WHERE THEY LIVE
- THE PASSIONS OF THE SOUL CORRUPT EVEN THESE EXCELLENT MEN WHEN THEY BECOME GOVERNORS
- AFTER BENEFICENCE GRACE DIES