philosophy 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... ...

Remember that time slurs over everything, let all deeds fade, blurs all writings and kills all memories. Exempt are only those which dig into the hearts of men by love.

Happiness, then, is found to be something perfect and self-sufficient, being the end to which our actions are directed.

Virtue also depends on ourselves. And so also does vice. For where we are free to act we are also free to refrain from acting, and where we are able to say No we are also able to say Yes;... ...

But nature flies from the infinite; for the infinite is imperfect, and nature always seeks an end.

Happiness depends on ourselves.

Happiness is an activity of the soul in accordance with virtue

The moral virtues, then, are produced in us neither by nature nor against nature. Nature, indeed, prepares in us the ground for their reception, but their complete formation is the product of habit.

The continuum is that which is divisible into indivisibles that are infinitely divisible.

In bad or corrupted natures the body will often appear to rule over the soul, because they are in an evil and unnatural condition. At all events we may firstly observe in living creatures both a despotical and a constitutional... ...