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“The high-minded man must care more for the truth than for what people think.”
—Aristotle
“For the things we have to learn before we can do them, we learn by doing them.”
—Aristotle
“The more you know, the more you know you don't know.”
—Aristotle
“Where your talents and the needs of the world cross, there lies your vocation.”
—Aristotle
“Through discipline comes freedom.”
—Aristotle
“Happiness belongs to the self-sufficient.”
—Aristotle
“Choice not chance determines your destiny”
—Aristotle
“Virtue lies in our power, and similarly so does vice; because where it is in our power to act, it is also in our power not to act...”
—Aristotle
“Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow ripening fruit.”
—Aristotle
“Quality is not an act, it is a habit.”
—Aristotle
“Plato is my friend; Aristotle is my friend, but my greatest friend is truth.”
—Isaac Newton
Should a good story have a good ending?
Aristotle indirectly answers this with his common-sense observation:
"... the proper length (of a story is such) that the sequence of events, according to the law of probability or necessity, will admit of a change from bad fortune to good, or from good fortune to bad."
So it's not the good ending that matters; it's the ending that involves a change of fortune.
-Benjamin Alire Saenz (Aristotle and Dante discover the secrets of the Universe)
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe Playlist
Some of these are super obvious and people already always associated them with the books but maybe there’s some y’all didn’t know about. These are all just songs I personally associate with these books and thought I’d share it.
falling - harry styles
saturn - sleeping at last
comfort crowd - conan gray
mystery of love - sufjan stevens
comethru - jeremy zucker
don’t stop believing - journey
summer days - martin garrix
where we come alive - ruelle
lovely - billie eilish
la bamba - los lobos
make out in my car - moses sumney, sufjan stevens
it’s nice to have a friend - taylor swift
all of the stars - ed sheeran
golden - harry styles
wonderwall - oasis
lowlife - that poppy
fallingforyou- the 1975
ease - troye sivan
ilysb - lany
fun - troye sivan
to be so lonely - harry styles
taste - sleeping at last
enough - counterfeit
heavydirtysoul - twenty one pilots
mind - declan mckenna
summertime sadness - lana del rey
lucky - jason mraz
start a riot - banners
stay - post malone
4am - girl in red
have you ever seen the rain - creedence clearwater revival
crush - cigarettes after sex
lust for life - lana del rey
you are in love - taylor swift
you wouldn’t like me - sleeping at last
loving someone - the 1975
I need to be alone - girl in red
here I am - bryan adams
"The seat of the soul and the control of voluntary movement - in fact, of nervous functions in general, - are to be sought in the heart. The brain is an organ of minor importance."
~Aristotle
"If my heart could do my thinking, would my brain begin to feel?"
~Van Morrison
The common good is greater than the private good, because the good of the whole, to the extent that it is more universal, takes precedence over the good of the part.
Benedict Merkelbach, OP