Aristotle (384–322 BC) was a Greek philosopher and scientist born in the city of Stagira, Chalkidice, on the northern periphery of Classical Greece.
His father, Nicomachus, died when Aristotle was a child, whereafter Proxenus of Atarneus became his guardian. At seventeen or eighteen years of age, he joined Plato's Academy in Athens and remained there until the age of thirty-seven. His writings cover many subjects – including physics, biology, zoology, metaphysics, logic, ethics, aesthetics, poetry, theater, music, rhetoric, linguistics, politics and government – and constitute the first comprehensive system of Western philosophy. Here are few excerpts from his writings
The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet. Aristotle
There is no great genius without some touch of madness. Aristotle
The worst form of inequality is to try to make unequal things equal. Aristotle
Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees the others. Aristotle
Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work. Aristotle
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