It is well to be up before daybreak, for such habits contribute to health, wealth, and wisdom.
AristotleFor though we love both the truth and our friends, piety requires us to honor the truth first.
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.
AristotleThe soul has two parts, one rational and the other irrational. Let us now similarly divide the rational part, and let it be assumed that there are two rational faculties, one whereby we contemplate those things whose first principles are invariable, and one whereby we contemplate those things which admit of variation.
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