BiographyType: Philosopher and scientist Born: 384 BC Stagira, Chalcidice (Chalkidiki), N Died: 322 BC (aged 62), Euboea, Greece Aristotle is a towering figure in ancient Greek philosophy, making contributions to logic, metaphysics, mathematics, physics, biology, botany, ethics, politics, agriculture, medicine, dance and theatre. He was a student of Plato who in turn studied under Socrates. He was more empirically-minded than Plato or Socrates and is famous for rejecting Plato's theory of forms. |
Without friends, no one would want to live, even if he had all other goods.
Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees the others.
The only stable state is the one in which all men are equal before the law.
Tolerance and apathy are the last virtues of a dying society.
Political society exists for the sake of noble actions, and not of mere companionship.