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Aristotle Quotes about Human Nature

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Every man should be responsible to others, nor should any one be allowed to do just as he pleases; for where absolute freedom is allowed, there is nothing to restrain the evil which is inherent in every man.

Every man should be responsible to others, nor should any one be allowed to do just as he pleases; for where absolute freedom is allowed, there is nothing to restrain the evil which is inherent in every man.

Men, Evil, Human Nature

Aristotle (2013). “The Essential Aristotle”, p.356, Simon and Schuster

[Meanness] is more ingrained in man's nature than Prodigality; the mass of mankind are avaricious rather than open-handed.

Men, Human Nature, Mass

Irrational passions would seem to be as much a part of human nature as is reason.

Passion, Human Nature, Reason

Aristotle (1869). “The Nicomachean Ethics of Aristotle”, p.65

People of superior refinement and of active disposition identify happiness with honour; for this is roughly speaking, the end of political life.

People, Political, Human Nature

Aristotle, Aeterna Press (2015). “Nicomachean Ethics”, p.19, Aeterna Press

No one chooses what does not rest with himself, but only what he thinks can be attained by his own act.

Thinking, Doe, Human Nature

Aristotle (1996). “The Nicomachean Ethics”, p.57, Wordsworth Editions

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