• Categories
Location |   Home >> Quotes SMS >> Author Wise Quotes >> Aristotle Quotes
  • Aristotle Quotes   1272
  • And what has come to prevail in democracies is the very reverse of beneficial, in those, that is, which are regarded as the most democratically run. The reason for this lies in the failure properly to define liberty. For there are two marks by which democracy is thought to be defined: "sovereignty of the majority" and "liberty." "Just" is equated with what is equal, and the decision of the majority as to what is equal is regarded as sovereign; and liberty is seen in terms of doing what one wants.
    • 5 years ago



    Tags : Aristotle Quotes , Running Quotes , Lying Quotes
  • The continuum is that which is divisible into indivisibles that are infinitely divisible.
    • 5 years ago



    Tags : Aristotle Quotes
  • The most perfect political community must be amongst those who are in the middle rank, and those states are best instituted wherein these are a larger and more respectable part, if possible, than both the other; or, if that cannot be, at least than either of them separate.
    • 5 years ago



    Tags : Aristotle Quotes , Class Quotes , Perfect Quotes
  • Music directly imitates the passions or states of the soul...when one listens to music that imitates a certain passion, he becomes imbued withthe same passion; and if over a long time he habitually listens to music that rouses ignoble passions, his whole character will be shaped to an ignoble form.
    • 5 years ago



    Tags : Aristotle Quotes , Music Quotes , Passion Quotes