Aristotle on animal
“Man is a goal-seeking animal. His life only has meaning if he is reaching out and striving for his goals.”
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Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees the others.
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AristotleAristotle Men create gods after their own image, not only with regard to their form, but with regard to their mode of life.
AristotleAristotle The educated differ from the uneducated as much as the living differ from the dead.
AristotleAristotle Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all.
AristotleAristotle Education is an ornament in prosperity and a refuge in adversity.
AristotleAristotle The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.
AristotleAristotle Man is by nature a social animal; an individual who is unsocial naturally and not accidentally is either beneath our notice or more than human.
AristotleAristotle Quality is not an act, it is a habit.
AristotleAristotle It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.
AristotleAristotle Youth is easily deceived because it is quick to hope.
AristotleAristotle The only stable state is the one in which all men are equal before the law.
AristotleAristotle No one would choose a friendless existence on condition of having all the other things in the world.
AristotleAristotle What is a friend? A single soul dwelling in two bodies.
AristotleAristotle Comedy aims at representing men as worse, Tragedy as better than in actual life.
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