We cannot ... prove geometrical truths by arithmetic.

Quote by Aristotle

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Quite often good things have hurtful consequences. There are instances of men who have been...

Quite often good things have hurtful consequences. There are instances of men who have been...

A good character carries with it the highest power of causing a thing to be...

A good character carries with it the highest power of causing a thing to be...

Happiness is an expression of the soul in considered actions.

Happiness is an expression of the soul in considered actions.

The worst form of inequality is to try to make unequal things equal.

The worst form of inequality is to try to make unequal things equal.

We become just by performing just action, temperate by performing temperate actions, brave by performing...

We become just by performing just action, temperate by performing temperate actions, brave by performing...

A sense is what has the power of receiving into itself the sensible forms of...

A sense is what has the power of receiving into itself the sensible forms of...

Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees the...

Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees the...

No one loves the man whom he fears.

No one loves the man whom he fears.

Men create gods after their own image, not only with regard to their form but...

Men create gods after their own image, not only with regard to their form but...

All men seek one goal : success or happiness. The only way to achieve true...

All men seek one goal : success or happiness. The only way to achieve true...

Moral excellence comes about as a result of habit. We become just by doing just...

Moral excellence comes about as a result of habit. We become just by doing just...

We are what we repeatedly do; excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.

We are what we repeatedly do; excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.

The mass of mankind are evidently slavish in their tastes, preferring a life suitable to...

The mass of mankind are evidently slavish in their tastes, preferring a life suitable to...

Without friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods.

Without friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods.

All human actions have one or more of these seven causes : chance, nature, compulsion,...

All human actions have one or more of these seven causes : chance, nature, compulsion,...

The desire for friendship comes quickly. Friendship does not.

The desire for friendship comes quickly. Friendship does not.

Different men seek after happiness in different ways and by different means, and so make...

Different men seek after happiness in different ways and by different means, and so make...

Our account does not rob mathematicians of their science, by disproving the actual existence of...

Our account does not rob mathematicians of their science, by disproving the actual existence of...

The so-called Pythagoreans, who were the first to take up mathematics, not only advanced this...

The so-called Pythagoreans, who were the first to take up mathematics, not only advanced this...

The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources.

The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources.

Biology is the least of what makes someone a mother.

Biology is the least of what makes someone a mother.