Philosophy begins with wonder.
Democracy is the form of government in which the free are rulers.
The state comes into existence for the sake of life and continues to exist for the sake of good life.
[this element], the seat of the appetites and of desire in general, does in a sense participate in principle, as being amenable and obedient to it
Our feelings towards our friends reflect our feelings towards ourselves.
To say of what is that it is not, or of what is not that it is, is false, while to say of what is that it is, and of what is not that it is not, is true.