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"[I]t is impossible for motion to subsist without place, and void, and time."
AristotleTherefore only an utterly senseless person can fail to know that our c — Aristotle
"Therefore only an utterly senseless person can fail to know that our characters are the result of our conduct."
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Aristotle was an ancient Greek philosopher and polymath. His writings span the natural sciences, philosophy, linguistics, economics, politics, psychology, and the arts. As the founder of the Peripatetic school of philosophy in the Lyceum in Athens, he began the wider Aristotelian tradition that followed, which set the groundwork for the development of modern science.
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"Aristotle, so far as I know, was the first man to proclaim explicitly that man is a rational animal. His reason for this view was one which does not now seem very impressive; it was, that some people can do sums."
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"I do not agree with Plato, but if anything could make me do so, it would be Aristotles arguments against him."
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"Aristotle, who foresaw so many things, never dreamed of the social truth. Cuvier, whose sagacity is so highly lauded, was constrained to yield homage to the genius of Aristotle in Natural History; for myself, who am at this date in full possession of social truth, in politics Aristotle only inspires me with profound pity."
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"He penetrated into the whole universe of things, and subjected its scattered wealth to intelligence; and to him the greater number of the philosophical sciences owe their origin and distinction."
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"Liars ... when they speak the truth they are not believed."
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