Aristotle
Greek · 384–322 BC
Ancient Greek philosopher and polymath whose works on logic, metaphysics, ethics, and science dominated Western thought for nearly two millennia.
Wikipedia ↗“ἄνθρωπος φύσει πολιτικὸν ζῷον”
Ελληνικά
“Man is by nature a political animal.”
“ὁ δὲ νόμος νοῦς ἐστιν ἄνευ ὀρέξεως”
Ελληνικά
“The law is reason, free from passion.”
“πάντων δὲ μάλιστα τὴν διὰ τῶν ὀμμάτων”
Ελληνικά
“For even when we are not going to do anything, we prefer seeing to everything else. The reason is that this, most of all the senses, makes us know and brings to light many differences between things.”
“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.”
English
This exact phrasing is from Will Durant's summary of Aristotle, not a direct translation.
“Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.”
English
No confirmed source in Aristotle's works. Widely attributed but unverified.