Quotes by Philosopher

The true end of tragedy is to purify the passions.

If then nature makes nothing without some end in view, nothing to no purpose, it must be that nature has made all of them for the sake of man.

The life of theoretical philosophy is the best and happiest a man can lead. Few men are capable of it and then only intermittently. For the rest there is a second-best way of life, that of moral virtue and practical wisdom.

Being a father is the most rewarding thing a man whose career has plateaued can do.

At the intersection where your gifts, talents, and abilities meet a human need; therein you will discover your purpose

Prudence as well as Moral Virtue determines the complete performance of a man's proper function: Virtue ensures the rightness of the end we aim at, Prudence ensures the rightness of the means we adopt to gain that end.

We give up leisure in order that we may have leisure, just as we go to war in order that we may have peace.

Nature operates in the shortest way possible.

. . . Political society exists for the sake of noble actions, and not of mere companionship.

There are branches of learning and education which we must study merely with a view to leisure spent in intellectual activity, and these are to be valued for their own sake; whereas those kinds of knowledge which are useful in business are to be deemed necessary, and exist for the sake of other things.