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  • Of the modes of persuasion furnished by the spoken word there are three kinds. The first kind depends on the personal character ofthe speaker; the second on putting the audience into a certain frame of mind; the third on the proof, provided by the words of the speech itself.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Aristotle Quotes , Character Quotes , Mind Quotes
  • One kind of justice is that which is manifested in distributions of honour or money or the other things that fall to be divided among those who have a share in the constitution ... and another kind is that which plays a rectifying part in transactions.
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    Tags : Aristotle Quotes , Fall Quotes , Play Quotes
  • But the whole vital process of the earth takes place so gradually and in periods of time which are so immense compared with the length of our life, that these changes are not observed, and before their course can be recorded from beginning to end whole nations perish and are destroyed.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Aristotle Quotes , Science Quotes , Earth Quotes
  • Every man should be responsible to others, nor should any one be allowed to do just as he pleases; for where absolute freedom is allowed, there is nothing to restrain the evil which is inherent in every man.
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    Tags : Aristotle Quotes , Men Quotes , Evil Quotes
  • Moral virtue is a mean . . . between two vices, one of excess and the other of defect; . . . it is such a mean because it aims at hitting the middle point in feelings and in actions. This is why it is a hard task to be good, for it is hard to find the middle point in anything.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Aristotle Quotes , Mean Quotes , Two Quotes