The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.
— Aristotle
Aristotle
Rhetoric may be defined as the faculty of observing in any given case the available means of persuasion. This is not a function of any other art.
Rhetoric may be defined as the faculty of observing in any given case the available means of persuasion. This is not a function of any other art.
The state comes into existence for the sake of life and continues to exist for the sake of good life.
The state comes into existence for the sake of life and continues to exist for the sake of good life.
Every art and every inquiry, and similarly every action and choice, is thought to aim at some good; and for this reason the good has rightly been declared to be that at which all things aim.
Every art and every inquiry, and similarly every action and choice, is thought to aim at some good; and for this reason the good has rightly been declared to be that at which all things aim.
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.
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 Homer who has chiefly taught other poets the art of telling lies skillfully.
It is Homer who has chiefly taught other poets the art of telling lies skillfully.
It is best to rise from life as from a banquet, neither thirsty nor drunken.
It is best to rise from life as from a banquet, neither thirsty nor drunken.
Aristotle
Piety requires us to honor truth above our friends.
Piety requires us to honor truth above our friends.