Saturday, September 3, 2011

Aristotle

"Anyone can become angry - that is easy, but to be angry with the right person at the right time, and for the right purpose and in the right way - that is not within everyone's power and that is not easy"
Aristotle

WHO: Aristotle  (384-322 B.C.E.) is the famed Greek philosopherscientist, and educator born in Macedonia. He became an adept student at Plato’s Academy, where Plato often referred to him as the “intellect” of the school.

WHERE: This quote comes from the book Nicomachean Ethics that he wrote as a guide to the citizens of Greece on how to lead the good life.

WHEN: Aristotle wrote this in 
350 B.C.E.



Related Author: Seneca Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

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