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“If happiness, then, is activity expressing virtue, it is reasonable for it to express the supreme virtue, which will be the virtueof the best thing.”

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Book:Aristotle: Selections

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Aristotle: Selections

Aristotle: Selections is a compilation of extracts from the extensive writings of Aristotle, a foundational figure in Western philosophy. The selections include his discussions on ethics, the nature of the state, and the principles of scientific inquiry. more

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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

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“For it is owing to their wonder that men both now begin and at first began to philosophize... They were pursuing science in order to know, and not for any utilitarian end.”

Thinking Knows Men Firsts Ends Order Wonder Knowledge Ignorance Philosophical Ignorant Utility Owing Puzzled Utilitarian

Author:Aristotle

“What we know is not capable of being otherwise; of things capable of being otherwise we do not know, when they have passed outsideour observation, whether they exist or not. Therefore the object of knowledge is of necessity. Therefore it is eternal; for things that are of necessity in the unqualified sense are all eternal; and things that are eternal are ungenerated and imperishable.”

Knows Knowledge Objects Eternal Capable Eternity Observation Unqualified

Book:Complete Works of Aristotle, Volume 2: The Revised Oxford Translation

Source: Complete Works of Aristotle, Volume 2: The Revised Oxford Translation

“A young man is not a proper hearer of lectures on political science; for he is inexperienced in the actions that occur in life, but its discussions start from these and are about these; and, further, since he tends to follow his passions, his study will be vain and unprofitable, because the end that is aimed at is not knowledge but action. And it makes no difference whether he is young in years or youthful in character.”

Source: Complete Works of Aristotle, Volume 2: The Revised Oxford Translation

“Every community is an association of some kind and every community is established with a view to some good; for everyone always acts in order to obtain that which they think good. But, if all communities aim at some good, the state or political community, which is the highest of all, and which embraces all the rest, aims at good in a greater degree than any other, and at the highest good.”

Ifs Thinking Kind States Political Order Politics Community Views Greater Society Degrees Highest Aim Embrace Association

Author:Aristotle

“Of the modes of persuasion furnished by the spoken word there are three kinds. The first kind depends on the personal character ofthe speaker; the second on putting the audience into a certain frame of mind; the third on the proof, provided by the words of the speech itself.”

Mind Firsts Kind Character Certain Three Audience Depends Speech Thirds Proof Speakers Rhetoric Persuasion Spoken Word Frame Of Mind Personal Character

Author:Aristotle

“Everything necessarily is or is not, and will be or will not be; but one cannot divide and say that one or the other is necessary.I mean, for example: it is necessary for there to be or not to be a sea-battle tomorrow; but it is not necessary for a sea-battle to take place tomorrow, or for one not to take place--though it is necessary for one to take place or not to take place.”

Mean Fate Sea Example Possibility Tomorrow Battle Divides Be Or Not To Be

Book:Complete Works of Aristotle, Volume 1: The Revised Oxford Translation

Source: Complete Works of Aristotle, Volume 1: The Revised Oxford Translation

“So, if we must give a general formula applicable to all kinds of soul, we must describe it as the first actuality [entelechy] of anatural organized body.”

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Author:Aristotle

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“Governments which have a regard to the common interest are constituted in accordance with strict principles of justice, and are therefore true forms; but those which regard only the interest of the rulers are all defective and perverted forms, for they are despotic, whereas a state is a community of freemen.”

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Book:Aristotle's Politics: Writings from the Complete Works: Politics, Economics, Constitution of Athens

Source: Aristotle's Politics: Writings from the Complete Works: Politics, Economics, Constitution of Athens

“Something is infinite if, taking it quantity by quantity, we can always take something outside.”

Ifs Infinite Infinity Quantity

Author:Aristotle