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Aristotle

Aristotle was a Greek philosopher born in 384 BC in Stagira, a small city in Macedonia.

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Philosophy must be a special knowledge, of the first principles and the first causes.

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The predicates of the predicate also extend to the subject.

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It is absolutely impossible to prove everything.

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The true disciple is the one who surpasses the master.

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The more nature inclines us to pleasures, the more prone we are to license than to decency.

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Merchants and industrialists should not be admitted to citizenship, because their way of life is abject and contrary to virtue.

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Outside of society, man is either a beast or a god.

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Science is to the soul what light is to the eyes, and if the roots are bitter, the fruits are very sweet.

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Poetry is deeper and more philosophical than history.

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We don't need a perfect government; we need one that is practical.

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Almost everyone distinguishes the soul by three of its attributes: movement, sensation, and incorporeality.

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