Core+Philosophies

__Quotes__ “All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsion, habit, reason, passion, and desire” “Education is the best provision for the journey to old age” “Happiness depends upon ourselves." “Dignity consists not in possessing honors, but in the consciousness that we deserve them”

__ Philosophies __ According to Aristotle the world lies between two extreme circumstances: form without matter is on one end, and matter without form is on the other end. "Motion is the passage of matter into form, and it is of four kinds: (1) motion which affects the substance of a thing, particularly its beginning and its ending; (2) motion which brings about changes in quality; (3) motion which brings about changes in quantity, by increasing it and decreasing it; and (4) motion which brings about change of place." The most important is the last one. Aristotle completely disregards the idea that space is void. Empty space is an impossibility. Therefore he disagrees with Plato and the Pythagoreans with their idea that the elements are geometrical figures.

Aristotle believe that education was very important. He believed that a fulfilled person is an educated person. His works contain the earliest known formal study of logic. He also spent much time studying the elements. He believed that everything was composed of either earth, water, air or fire.

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