For as the eyes of bats are to the blaze of day, so is the reason in our soul to the things which are by nature most evident of all.
AristotlePoliticians also have no leisure, because they are always aiming at something beyond political life itself, power and glory, or happiness.
AristotleThe life of theoretical philosophy is the best and happiest a man can lead. Few men are capable of it and then only intermittently. For the rest there is a second-best way of life, that of moral virtue and practical wisdom.
Aristotle