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Aristotle

출생: 384 BCE – Stagira, Chalcidice, Greece

Aristotle was an ancient Greek philosopher and scientist whose works encompassed philosophy, logic, ethics, biology, psychology, politics, and the arts. He founded the Lyceum and authored influential texts such as "Nicomachean Ethics," "Metaphysics," and "Poetics," establishing enduring foundations for Western philosophical and scientific thought. His impact remains pervasive across disciplines worldwide.

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Aristotle was born in 384 BCE in the town of Stagira in northern Greece to Nicomachus, a physician at the Macedonian royal court, and Phaestis. Orphaned young, he was raised by a guardian before being sent at age seventeen to Athens, the intellectual heart of Greece, to study at Plato’s Academy. Aristotle remained there for around two decades, earning a reputation as a keen scholar, yet ultimately diverged from his mentor over fundamental philosophical questions, most notably Plato’s theory of forms. After Plato’s death, Aristotle embarked on a period of travel and investigation that included research in Asia Minor and the island of Lesbos, where his studies in biology began to take their distinctive empirical character.

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Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom
-The Nicomachean Ethics
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What is a friend? A single soul dwelling in two bodies
-The Nicomachean Ethics
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Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all
-The Nicomachean Ethics
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Excellence is never an accident. It is always the result of high intention, sincere effort, and intelligent execution; it represents the wise choice of many alternatives – choice, not chance, determines your destiny
-The Nicomachean Ethics
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Happiness depends upon ourselves
-The Nicomachean Ethics
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The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet
-The Nicomachean Ethics
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All men naturally desire knowledge
-Metaphysics
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The law is reason, free from passion
-Politics
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The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance
-Poetics
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We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit
-Nicomachean Ethics

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