Aristotle Quotes
It is not once nor twice but times without number that the same ideas make their appearance in the world.
Samuel Langhorne Clemens, 1835-1910. While this quotation is frequently attributed to Twain, no Twain scholar has ever been able to find it in his writings or reports of his speeches or conversations. We are suspicious that this quotation is authentic because Twain has been studied so much, it is improbable that if he had written it, the source would not have been identified. However many other experts believe it is genuine and is very frequently quoted. If you quote this, we recommend that you use a statement like, “Some people attribute Mark Twain as saying, …”
Aristotle (/ærɪˈstɒtəl/; Greek: Ἀριστοτέλης Aristotélēs, pronounced [aristotélɛːs]; 384–322 BC) was a Greek philosopher and polymath during the Classical period in Ancient Greece. Taught by Plato, he was the founder of the Lyceum, the Peripatetic school of philosophy, and the Aristotelian tradition. His writings cover many subjects including physics, biology, zoology, metaphysics, logic, ethics, aesthetics, poetry, theatre, music, rhetoric, psychology, linguistics, economics, politics, meteorology, geology and government. Aristotle provided a complex synthesis of the various philosophies existing prior to him. It was above all from his teachings that the West inherited its intellectual lexicon, as well as problems and methods of inquiry. As a result, his philosophy has exerted a unique influence on almost every form of knowledge in the West and it continues to be a subject of contemporary philosophical discussion.
