So we must lay it down that the association which is a state exists not for the purpose of living together but for the sake of noble actions.

But if nothing but soul, or in soul mind, is qualified to count, it is impossible for there to be time unless there is soul, but only that of which time is an attribute, i.e. if change can exist without soul.

It is clear, then, that wisdom is knowledge having to do with certain principles and causes. But now, since it is this knowledge that we are seeking, we must consider the following point: of what kind of principles and of what kind of causes is wisdom the knowledge?

Not to know of what things one should demand demonstration, and of what one should not, argues want of education.

[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

The ensouled is distinguished from the unsouled by its being alive. Now since being alive is spoken of in many ways, even if only one of these is present, we say that the thing is alive, if, for instance, there is intellect or perception or spatial movement and rest or indeed movement connected with nourishment and growth and decay. It is for this reason that all the plants are also held to be alive . . .

The family is the association established by nature for the supply of men's everyday wants.