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Aristotle (Ancient Greek: Ἀριστοτέλης, romanized: Aristotélēs; 384–322 BC) was an ancient Greek philosopher and polymath. His writings span the natural sciences, philosophy, linguistics, economics, politics, psychology, and the arts. As the founder of the Peripatetic school of philosophy in the Lyceum in Athens, he began the wider Aristotelian tradition that followed, which set the groundwork for the development of modern science.
Again, men in general desire the good, and not merely what their fathers had.
I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who overcomes his enemies.
It is the nature of desire not to be satisfied, and most men live only for the gratification of it.
Dignity consists not in possessing honors, but in the consciousness that we deserve them.
The only stable state is the one in which all men are equal before the law.
Without friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods.