Aristotle
Greek philosopher (384 to 322 BCE); studied in Plato's Academy until 347 BCE; founded the Lyceum in Athens in 335 BCE.
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A happy life must be judged over a complete life, not a single day or a short time
But we must add 'in a complete life'. For one swallow does not make a summer, nor does one day; and so too one day, or a short time, does not make a man blessed and happy.
en.wikisource.orgSaid c. 367–322 BCEThis on korrents
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No moral virtue arises in us by nature
From this it is also plain that none of the moral virtues arises in us by nature; for nothing that exists by nature can form a habit contrary to its nature.
en.wikisource.orgSaid c. 367–322 BCEThis on korrents
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A happy life must be judged over a complete life, not a single day or a short time
But we must add 'in a complete life'. For one swallow does not make a summer, nor does one day; and so too one day, or a short time, does not make a man blessed and happy.
Nicomachean Ethics, Book One (tr. W. D. Ross, 1925) Said c. 367–322 BCE
No moral virtue arises in us by nature
From this it is also plain that none of the moral virtues arises in us by nature; for nothing that exists by nature can form a habit contrary to its nature.
Nicomachean Ethics, Book Two (tr. W. D. Ross, 1925) Said c. 367–322 BCE
Being good is no easy task
Hence also it is no easy task to be good.
Nicomachean Ethics, Book Two (tr. W. D. Ross, 1925) Said c. 367–322 BCE
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Virtue is in our own power, and so is vice
Therefore virtue also is in our own power, and so too vice.
Nicomachean Ethics, Book Three (tr. W. D. Ross, 1925) Said c. 367–322 BCE
Perhaps we ought not to fear poverty, disease, or anything not caused by our own vice
Poverty and disease we perhaps ought not to fear, nor in general the things that do not proceed from vice and are not due to a man himself.
Nicomachean Ethics, Book Three (tr. W. D. Ross, 1925) Said c. 367–322 BCE
Happiness does not lie in amusement
Happiness, therefore, does not lie in amusement; it would, indeed, be strange if the end were amusement, and one were to take trouble and suffer hardship all one's life in order to amuse oneself.
Nicomachean Ethics, Book Ten (tr. W. D. Ross, 1925) Said c. 367–322 BCE
Happiness must be some form of contemplation
Happiness, therefore, must be some form of contemplation.
Nicomachean Ethics, Book Ten (tr. W. D. Ross, 1925) Said c. 367–322 BCE
Without being raised under right laws, it is hard to get a right training for virtue from youth
But it is difficult to get from youth up a right training for virtue if one has not been brought up under right laws; for to live temperately and hardily is not pleasant to most people, especially when they are young.
Nicomachean Ethics, Book Ten (tr. W. D. Ross, 1925) Said c. 367–322 BCE
Good people are thought to grow better through their friendship, each taking the mould of the qualities they admire in the other
while the friendship of good men is good, being augmented by their companionship; and they are thought to become better too by their activities and by improving each other; for from each other they take the mould of the characteristics they approve
Nicomachean Ethics, Book Nine (tr. W. D. Ross, 1925) Said c. 367–322 BCE
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