Aristotle Ἀριστοτέλης
philosopher · ancient Greece · 384–322 BC
Pupil of Plato and teacher of Alexander the Great. He left writings on almost every field, from logic to biology.
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c. 330 BC
They love too much and hate too much, and everything else the same way; and they think they know everything and insist on it.
φιλοῦσι γὰρ ἄγαν καὶ μισοῦσιν ἄγαν καὶ τἆλλα πάντα ὁμοίως, καὶ εἰδέναι ἅπαντα οἴονται καὶ διισχυρίζονταιRhetoric, book 2, chapter 12, on the character of the young
c. 330 BC
For without friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods.
ἄνευ γὰρ φίλων οὐδεὶς ἕλοιτʼ ἂν ζῆν, ἔχων τὰ λοιπὰ ἀγαθὰ πάνταNicomachean Ethics, book 8, chapter 1
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