vendredi 21 février 2020

Aristotle Quotes About Accidents

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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.
    Aristotle
    MotivationalWiseIntelligent
  • The truly good and wise man will bear all kinds of fortune in a seemly way, and will always act in the noblest manner that the circumstances allow.
    Aristotle
    LifeGratitudeCourage
    "Nicomachean Ethics". Book by Aristotle, I, 1101a, www.perseus.tufts.edu. 
  • Democracy is the form of government in which the free are rulers, and oligarchy in which the rich; it is only an accident that the free are the many and the rich are the few.
    Aristotle
    GovernmentDemocracyOligarchy
    Aristotle (2013). “The Essential Aristotle”, p.301, Simon and Schuster
  • Tragedy is an imitation not only of a complete action, but of events inspiring fear and pity. Such an effect is best produced when the events come on us by surprise; and the effect is heightened when, at the same time, they follow as cause and effect. The tragic wonder will then be great than if they happened of themselves or by accident; for even coincidences are most striking when they have an air of design.
    Aristotle
    AirDesignTragedy
    Aristotle (0101). “The Poetics of Aristotle”, p.18, Prabhat Prakashan
  • In the works of Nature, purpose, not accident, is the main thing.
    Aristotle
    PurposeAccidents

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