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“At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst.” Related: Wisdom from the 'Philosopher King'—75 Famous Quotes from Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius
In this discussion, Aristotle defines justice as having two different but related senses—general justice and particular justice. General justice is virtue expressed in relation to other people. Thus the just man in this sense deals properly and fairly with others, and expresses his virtue in his dealings with them—not lying or cheating or ...
"The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet." - Aristotle [32] Τὶ δύσκολον; Τὸ ἑαυτὸν γνῶναι. [33] Tì dúskolon? Tò heautòn gnônai. "What is hard? To know thyself." — attributed (among other sages) to Thales, according to Pausanias [34] Oedipus and the sphinx, on an Attic red-figure kylix
This is the famous argument etiamsi daremus (non esse Deum), that made natural law no longer dependent on theology. John Locke incorporated natural law into many of his theories and philosophy, especially in Two Treatises of Government. Locke turned Hobbes' prescription around, saying that if the ruler went against natural law and failed to ...
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The works of Aristotle, sometimes referred to by modern scholars with the Latin phrase Corpus Aristotelicum, is the collection of Aristotle's works that have survived from antiquity. According to a distinction that originates with Aristotle himself, [citation needed] his writings are divisible into two groups: the "exoteric" and the "esoteric". [1]
Family quotes from famous people. 11. “In America, there are two classes of travel—first class and with children.” —Robert Benchley (July 1934) 12. “There is no such thing as fun for the ...
Aristotelianism (/ ˌ ær ɪ s t ə ˈ t iː l i ə n ɪ z əm / ARR-i-stə-TEE-lee-ə-niz-əm) is a philosophical tradition inspired by the work of Aristotle, usually characterized by deductive logic and an analytic inductive method in the study of natural philosophy and metaphysics.