“Poetry is finer and more philosophical than history; for poetry expresses the universal, and history only the particular.”

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About Aristotle

384 BC – 322 BC

Ancient Greek philosopher and polymath whose writings covered nearly every subject. His ethics, logic, and philosophy of mind continue to shape Western thought.

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“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.”

— Aristotle

“The whole is more than the sum of its parts.”

— Aristotle

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“Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.”

— Aristotle

“Warriors of the light are not perfect. Their beauty lies in accepting this fact and still desiring to grow and to learn.”

— Paulo Coelho

“Triumphal arch, that fill'st the sky When storms prepare to part, I ask not proud Philosophy To teach me what thou art.”

— Thomas Campbell

“I must Create a System, or be enslav'd by another Man's; / I will not Reason and Compare: my business is to Create.”

— William Blake

“When women are the advisers, the lords of creation don't take the advice till they have persuaded themselves that it is just what they intended to do.”

— Louisa May Alcott