34 Aristotle Quotes for You to Enjoy

Plato is my friend; Aristotle is my friend, but my greatest friend is truth. Isaac Newton

Truth My Friend Aristotle Greatest Friend Plato

For all my friends in the media who like quotes, mark this quote down. From this day on I'd like to be known as 'The Big Aristotle' because Aristotle once said, 'Excellence is not a singular act; it's a habit. You are what you repeatedly do.' Shaquille O'Neal

Basically, Aristotle believed that every time you behaved unkind and immorally - performing actions your soul was not proud of - you tarnished your soul. The worst shape your soul became in, the worst shape your mood and spirit. Karen Salmansohn

For the Chinese, the Greeks, the Mayans, or the Egyptians, nature was a living totality, a creative being. For this reason, art, according to Aristotle, is imitation; the poet imitates the creative gesture of nature. Octavio Paz

Art Nature Creative Poet Gesture Living Imitates Imitation Totality Aristotle According Greeks Egyptians Being Chinese Reason

In the information age, you don't teach philosophy as they did after feudalism. You perform it. If Aristotle were alive today he'd have a talk show. Timothy Leary

Today You Age Philosophy Alive He Aristotle Perform Talk Talk Show Were Did Feudalism After Information Information Age Teach Show

Some of you read with me 40 years ago a portion of Aristotle's Ethics, a selection of passages that describe his idea of happiness. You may not remember too well. Charles Van Doren

Happiness Me You Remember Ethics Too Some Selection Aristotle Idea Well Read Passages His Years Years Ago May Describe Portion

The last part, the part you're now approaching, was for Aristotle the most important for happiness. Charles Van Doren

Happiness You Approaching Important Part Aristotle Most The Most Important Now Last

That's one thing I learned in my philosophy training - if you're writing a paper on Aristotle, you have to first show that you understand him. Then you can make your counterargument. ContraPoints

You Writing Training First Philosophy Paper One Thing Aristotle Make Him Learned Understand Then Your Show Thing

Constantine 'Costa' Gratsos had made his fortune as a lifelong associate of shipping icon Aristotle Onassis. He took a liking to me, became my first mentor, and showed me how to swim in the deep, dangerous waters of business. Dan Pena

We are political animals, as, not without reason, affirmed Aristotle, who perhaps influenced humanity's thinking more than any other ancient philosopher through his almost 200 treatises, according to reports, of which only 31 have been preserved. Fidel Castro

Humanity Political Animals Thinking Preserved Other Philosopher Ancient More Only Through Almost Aristotle Perhaps Without Been His According Than Reports Any Influenced Which Reason Who

'Matisse and Picasso' is a little like Plato after Socrates. Socrates only taught in words. He didn't write. And after that, you had Plato and Aristotle to write about what he had said. I write about them because they didn't write about them. Francoise Gilot

You Words About Only Write Picasso Had He Aristotle Like Because Said Taught After Little Them Plato Socrates

People have contemplated the origin and evolution of the universe since before the time of Aristotle. Very recently, the era of speculation has given way to a time of science. George Smoot

Time Science People Before Universe Way Evolution Given Aristotle Since Contemplated Era Very Origin Speculation Recently

Where words can be translated into equivalent words, the style of an original can be closely followed; but no translation which aims at being written in normal English can reproduce the style of Aristotle. Gilbert Murray

Words Style Translation Aims Followed Written Aristotle Equivalent Normal Closely Being Where Reproduce Which Translated English Original

Our tradition of political thought had its definite beginning in the teachings of Plato and Aristotle. I believe it came to a no less definite end in the theories of Karl Marx. Hannah Arendt

Political Thought Beginning Believe Our Definite Marx Had Aristotle Came Tradition End Karl Karl Marx Theories Teachings Less Plato

A movie can and should have some real dissonance throughout - rage, heartache, tears, conflict, catharsis and all the other elements Aristotle demanded of a good story - but the chord has to be resolved. Josh Radnor

Good Conflict Tears Rage Resolved Other Some Good Story Throughout Aristotle Demanded Catharsis Real Heartache Movie Story Should Chord Elements

Nothing seems to me more doubtful than Aristotle's remark that it is probable the arts and philosophy have several times been discovered and several times lost. Julien Benda

Me Lost Nothing Philosophy Several Seems More Remark Aristotle Been Discovered Times Than Probable Arts Doubtful

Aristotle uses a mother's love for her child as the prime example of love or friendship. Mortimer Adler

Love Friendship Mother Example Aristotle Prime Child Uses Her

Conventional dogmas, even if endowed with the authority of an Aristotle - ancient or modern - must be tested vigorously. If they are found wanting, we need not bother with them. But if they are found to be substantially correct, we may not overlook them. Norman Lamm

Correct Ancient Must Bother Aristotle Overlook Tested Authority Modern May Endowed Substantially Conventional Wanting Them Even Found Need

Aristotle Quotes

No more aristotle quotes