Praxus Posted November 8, 2004 Report Share Posted November 8, 2004 "Those who know how to win are much more numerous than those who know how to make proper use of their victories" Polybius "Monarchy degenerates into tyranny, aristocracy into oligarchy, and democracy into savage violence and chaos" Polybius "It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it." Aristotle "Art is born of the observation and investigation of nature." Cicero "Let your desires be ruled by reason." (Appetitus Rationi Pareat) Cicero "A letter does not blush." Cicero "A man's own manner and character is what most becomes him." Cicero "A tear dries quickly when it is shed for troubles of others." Cicero "Ability without honor is useless." Cicero Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
y_feldblum Posted November 8, 2004 Report Share Posted November 8, 2004 Those who deny [Aristotle’s] first principle should be flogged or burned until they admit that it is not the same thing to be burned and not burned, or whipped and not whipped. - Ibn Sina (Avicenna), Metaphysics Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JRoberts Posted November 8, 2004 Report Share Posted November 8, 2004 Reminds me of what Ayn Rand said: "My work is not a piece of writing designed to meet the taste of an immediate public, but was done to last for ever." -Thucydides Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free Capitalist Posted November 8, 2004 Report Share Posted November 8, 2004 "As a mark is not set up for the purpose of missing the aim, so neither does the nature of evil exist in the world." - Epictetus, 'Enchiridion' "It is absurd to hold that a man ought to be ashamed of being unable to defend himself with his limbs, but not of being unable to defend himself with speech and reason, when the use of rational speech is more distinctive of a human being than the use of his limbs." - Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics And now a quote that led me to have a big discussion regarding Aristotle vs AR, a quote that's a profound influence on me, and importance of which is completely belied by its length. It's hard to overestimate this quote's value and importance: "Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but rather have those because we have acted rightly. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit." - Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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