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It is clearly better that property should be private, but the use of it common; and the special business of the legislator is to create in men this benevolent disposition.

~Aristotle

Topics: Benevolent Better Business Clearly Common Create Disposition Legislator Men Private Property Should Special Use

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A constitution is the arrangement of magistracies in a state.

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Topics: Arrangement Constitution State

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Hence poetry is something more philosophic and of graver import than history, since its statements are rather of the nature of universals, whereas those of history are singulars.

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Topics: Hence History Import More Nature Philosophic Poetry Rather Since Something Statements Than Those Universal Whereas

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Some animals utter a loud cry. Some are silent, and others have a voice, which in some cases may be expressed by a word; in others, it cannot. There are also noisy animals and silent animals, musical and unmusical kinds, but they are mostly noisy about the breeding season.

~Aristotle

Topics: About Also Animals Breeding Cannot Cases Cry Expressed Kinds Loud May Mostly Musical Noisy Others Season Silent Some Utter Voice Which Word

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Long-lived persons have one or two lines which extend through the whole hand; short-lived persons have two lines not extending through the whole hand.

~Aristotle

Topics: Extend Extending Hand Lines One Or Two Persons Short-Lived Through Two Which Whole

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The true and the approximately true are apprehended by the same faculty; it may also be noted that men have a sufficient natural instinct for what is true, and usually do arrive at the truth. Hence the man who makes a good guess at truth is likely to make a good guess at probabilities.

~Aristotle

Topics: Also Approximately Arrive Faculty Good Guess Hence Instinct Likely Make Makes Man May Men Natural Noted Same Sufficient True Truth Truth Is Who

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Thou wilt find rest from vain fancies if thou doest every act in life as though it were thy last.

~Aristotle

Topics: Act Every Fancy Find Last Life Rest Thou Though Thy Vain Were Wilt

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Bring your desires down to your present means. Increase them only when your increased means permit.

~Aristotle

Topics: Bring Desires Down Increase Increased Means Only Permit Present Them Your

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It is not once nor twice but times without number that the same ideas make their appearance in the world.

~Aristotle

Topics: Appearance Ideas Make Nor Number Once Same Times Twice Without World

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What the statesman is most anxious to produce is a certain moral character in his fellow citizens, namely a disposition to virtue and the performance of virtuous actions.

~Aristotle

Topics: Actions Anxious Certain Character Citizens Disposition Fellow Fellow Citizens His Moral Moral Character Most Namely Performance Produce Statesman Virtue Virtuous

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Biography

Nationality: Greek

Type: Philosopher

Born: Unknown

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