Remarkable mind
Aristotle
Ancient Greek philosopher and scientist · 384–322 BCE
Aristotle developed influential approaches to logic, ethics, politics, biology, rhetoric and literary theory. A student of Plato and later tutor to Alexander the Great, he treated knowledge as a systematic investigation of causes, purposes and the conditions of a flourishing human life.
Selected works and contributions
- Nicomachean Ethics
- Politics
- Poetics
- Metaphysics
Ideas to explore
- Virtue
- Reason
- Character
- Flourishing
Aristotle quotes in the generator
“Well begun is half done.”
— Aristotle
“Change in all things is sweet.”
— Aristotle
“Happiness depends upon ourselves.”
— Aristotle
“He who hath many friends hath none.”
— Aristotle
“A friend to all is a friend to none.”
— Aristotle
“Quality is not an act; it is a habit.”
— Aristotle
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