Top 100+ ARISTOTLE Quotes part 4 of 10

Top 100+ ARISTOTLE Quotes part 4 of 10 | Meaning of Life

Aristotle (/ˈærɪstɒtəl/; Greek: Ἀριστοτέλης Aristotélēs, pronounced [aristotélɛːs]; 384–322 BC) was a Greek philosopher and polymath during the Classical period in Ancient Greece. Taught by Plato, he was the founder of the Lyceum, the Peripatetic school of philosophy, and the Aristotelian tradition. His writings cover many subjects including physics, biology, zoology, metaphysics, logic, ethics, esthetics, poetry, theatre, music, rhetoric, psychology, linguistics, economics, politics, and government.

Aristotle provided a complex synthesis of the various philosophies existing prior to him. It was above all from his teachings that the West inherited its intellectual lexicon, as well as problems and methods of inquiry. As a result, his philosophy has exerted a unique influence on almost every form of knowledge in the West and it continues to be a subject of contemporary philosophical discussion.

Aristotle's Quotes:

"Life isn't just a series of events, but an ongoing process of self-definition."

"The quality of life is determined by its activities."

"What is the essence of life?
To serve others and to do good."

"What is the highest good in all matters of action?
To the name, there is almost complete agreement; for uneducated and educated alike call it happiness, and make happiness identical with the good life and successful living. They disagree, however, about the meaning of happiness."

"The happy life is thought to be one of excellence;
now an excellent life requires exertion, and does not consist in amusement."

"The energy of the mind is the essence of life."

"You'll understand what life is if you think about the act of dying.
When I die, how will I be different from the way I am right now?
In the first moments after death, my body will be scarcely different in physical terms than it was in the last seconds of life, but I will no longer move, no longer sense, nor speak, nor feel, nor care. It's these things that are life. At that moment, the psyche takes flight in the last breath."