Aristotle was one of history’s most influential philosophers, whose ideas shaped Western thought in ethics, science, and politics. His teachings emphasize reason, virtue, and the pursuit of a balanced life grounded in wisdom. The following quotes capture Aristotle’s enduring insights into character, knowledge, and the foundations of a meaningful life.
For the things we have to learn before we can do them, we learn by doing them.
From The Nicomachean Ethics
I have gained this by philosophy; I do without being ordered what some are constrained to do by their fear of the law.
It is impossible, or not easy, to alter by argument what has long been absorbed by habit
The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.
For the things we have to learn before we can do them, we learn by doing them.
From The Nicomachean Ethics
I have gained this by philosophy; I do without being ordered what some are constrained to do by their fear of the law.
It is impossible, or not easy, to alter by argument what has long been absorbed by habit
The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.
For the things we have to learn before we can do them, we learn by doing them.
From The Nicomachean Ethics
I have gained this by philosophy; I do without being ordered what some are constrained to do by their fear of the law.
It is impossible, or not easy, to alter by argument what has long been absorbed by habit
The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.
