Quote of the Day — Aristotle
August 20, 2020
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit. — Aristotle
-384–-322
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-384–-322
Aristotle, ancient history’s most comprehensive thinker, created systematic frameworks for understanding nearly every domain of knowledge that shaped Western civilization for two millennia. Born in Macedonia, he studied under Plato in Athens before founding his own school, the Lyceum, where he pioneered empirical observation and logical reasoning. Unlike Plato’s abstract idealism, Aristotle grounded philosophy in careful observation of the natural world. His contributions span metaphysics, ethics, politics, biology, rhetoric, and logic, with each field bearing his distinctive systematic approach. Aristotle’s virtue ethics—the idea that ethical excellence comes through cultivating good habits and finding the golden mean between extremes—remains influential in…
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Aristotle’s wisdom on the habitual nature of excellence resonated throughout the August 20, 2020 broadcast, connecting the Greek philosopher’s insights to Kim Monson’s discussion of policy failures and the importance of engaged citizenship.
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