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“We must as second best, as people say, take the least of the evils.”

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This book is a compact and accessible introduction to the extensive body of work by the ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle. It distills key concepts from his treatises on logic, ethics, politics, and other subjects, making them more approachable for modern readers. more

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Aristotle

Aristotle, a renowned Greek philosopher, is one of the founders of Western philosophy. His thoughts covered a wide range of fields, including ethics, logic, politics, and had a profound impact on the world. more

“In a word, acts of any kind produce habits or characters of the same kind. Hence we ought to make sure that our acts are of a certain kind; for the resulting character varies as they vary. It makes no small difference, therefore, whether a man be trained in his youth up in this way or that, but a great difference, or rather all the difference.”

Men Way Kind Character Certain Differences Youth Produce Ought Habit Vary Nicomachean Ethics Small Differences

Author:Aristotle

“Knowledge of the fact differs from knowledge of the reason for the fact.”

Reason Facts

Author:Aristotle

“For just as for a flute-player, a sculptor, or an artist, and, in general, for all things that have a function or activity, the good and the well is thought to reside in the function, so would it seem to be for man, if he has a function.”

Ifs Men Wells Seems Artist Player Activity All Things Function Sculptors Flutes Nicomachean Ethics

Book:Delphi Complete Works of Aristotle (Illustrated)

Source: Delphi Complete Works of Aristotle (Illustrated)

“Concerning the generation of animals akin to them, as hornets and wasps, the facts in all cases are similar to a certain extent, but are devoid of the extraordinary features which characterize bees; this we should expect, for they have nothing divine about them as the bees have.”

Should Facts Certain Animal Cases Generations Divine Extraordinary Features Bees Wasps Hornets