Top 100+ ARISTOTLE Quotes part 5 of 10 | Learning and Knowledge

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:

1. "The intelligence consists not only in the knowledge but also in the skill to apply the knowledge into practice."


2. "To give away money is an easy matter and in any man's power.
   But to decide to whom to give it and how large and when, and for what purpose and how, is neither in every man's power nor an easy matter."


3. "Anything that we have to learn to do we learn by the actual doing of it;
   People become builders by building and instrumentalists by playing instruments.
   Similarly, we become just by performing just acts, temperate by performing temperate ones, brave by performing brave ones."


4. "To learn is a natural pleasure, not confined to philosophers, but common to all men."


5. "The more you know, the more you know you don't know."


6. "All men by nature desire knowledge."


7. "Knowledge of the fact differs from knowledge of the reason for the fact."


8. "To perceive is to suffer."


9. "Learning is not child’s play; we cannot learn without pain."


10. "What you have to learn to do, you learn by doing."


11. "The greatest of all pleasures is the pleasure of learning."


12. "Teaching is the highest form of understanding."


13. "The pleasures arising from thinking and learning will make us think and learn all the more."

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Top 100+ ARISTOTLE Quotes:

part 1: Friendship Quotes

part 2: Quotes on Youth and Love

part 3: Quotes on Education

part 4: Meaning of Life

part 5: Learning and Knowledge

part 6: Quotes on Wisdom

part 7: How to Achieve Excellence

part 8: Quotes on Happiness

part 9: Quotes on Humanity

part 10: Life Lessons