Quotes by Philosopher

The life of children, as much as that of intemperate men, is wholly governed by their desires.

Different men seek after happiness in different ways and by different means, and so make for themselves different modes of life and forms of government.

Change in everything is pleasant.

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Man first begins to philosophize when the necessities of life are supplied.

Men must be able to engage in business and go to war, but leisure and peace are better; they must do what is necessary and indeed what is useful, but what is honorable is better. On such principles children and persons of every age which requires education should be trained.

Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life, the whole aim and end of human existence.

The ensouled is distinguished from the unsouled by its being alive. Now since being alive is spoken of in many ways, even if only one of these is present, we say that the thing is alive, if, for instance, there is intellect or perception or spatial movement and rest or indeed movement connected with nourishment and growth and decay. It is for this reason that all the plants are also held to be alive . . .

Friendship is a thing most necessary to life, since without friends no one would choose to live, though possessed of all other advantages.

When several villages are united in a single complete community, large enough to be nearly or quite self-sufficing, the state comes into existence, originating in the bare needs of life, and continuing in existence for the sake of a good life.