Friday Filosophy v.8.13.21
Friday Filosophy v.8.13.21
Our Friday Filosophy v.8.13.21 offers thoughts from Aristotle with quotes that highlight the thinking of one of the most influential philosophers the world has ever known. He was a student of Plato and the Tutor to Alexander the great.
Aristotle was revered among medieval Muslim scholars as “The First Teacher” and among medieval Christians like Thomas Aquinas as simply “The Philosopher”, while Dante (one of the most important poets of the Middle Ages) called him “the master of those who know”. His works contain the earliest known formal study of logic, studied by medieval scholars such as Peter Abelard and John Buridan. Aristotle’s influence on logic continued well into the 19th century. In addition, his ethics, though always influential, gained renewed interest with the modern advent of virtue ethics.
Aristotle has been called “the father of logic”, “the father of biology”, “the father of political science”, “the father of zoology”, “the father of embryology”, “the father of natural law”, “the father of scientific method”, “the father of rhetoric”, “the father of psychology”, “the father of realism”, “the father of criticism”, “the father of individualism”, “the father of teleology”, and “the father of meteorology.”[8]
- It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.
- The educated differ from the uneducated as much as the living from the dead.
- The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.
- Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those the art of living well.
- It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.
- You will never do anything in the world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor.
- You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor.
- The most important relationship we can all have is the one you have with yourself, the most important journey you can take is one of self-discovery. To know yourself, you must spend time with yourself, you must not be afraid to be alone. Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.
- What is the essence of life? To serve others and to do good.
The Time is Now.