The Eudemian Ethics Quotes

“Now to know anything that is noble is itself noble; but regarding excellence, at least, not to know what it is, but to know out of what it arises is most precious. For we do not wish to know what bravery is but to be brave, nor what justice is but to be just, just as we wish to be in health rather than to know what being in health is, and to have our body in good condition rather than to know what good condition is.
(Eudemian Ethics, I, 5. 1216b, 20-26)”
― Aristotle, Eudemian Ethics

“Gustavo Solivellas dice: "La habilidad de exponer una idea es tan importante como la idea en sí misma" (Aristóteles)”
― Aristotle, The Eudemian Ethics

“Likewise there is no need to investigate the beliefs of ordinary people (for they speak at random about pretty much everything, and especially |1215a1| about happiness);”
― Aristotle, Eudemian Ethics

“Whatever choice or possession of natural goods – health and strength, wealth, friends and the like – will most conduce to the contemplation of God is best… But any standard of living which either through excess or defect hinders the service and contemplation of God is bad”
― Aristotle, Eudemian Ethics