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Aristotle

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Ancient philosopher whose maxim that man is by nature a social animal is discussed in contrast to Rilke's emphasis on fundamental solitude.

Mentions (10)
"You know, that Taylor Swift song, the one with the line, 'he knows ball, I know Aristotle'? That line really speaks to me talking to guys lol. Speaks to me? Aristotle? Oh girl, you did see that I was a classics major at the local crusty liberal arts college on my profile right?"
Ruining a date with a Taylor Swift Girl by taking her literally · marathondaze · ↑107 · 2025-10-16
"However, the highest heroism is that which is based on humanity, truth, justice and pity; all other forms are doomed to forgetfulness. The greatness of Aristotle or Kant is insignificant compared with the greatness of Buddha, Moses and Christ."
Tolstoy on Abraham Lincoln · u/bedbathandbenghazi · ↑104 · 2024-08-13
"I think I just discovered the complete lost chapter of Aristotle's Poetics on Comedy"
"This seems to contradict Aristotle's famous maxim (and popularly held sentiment on this sub) that man is by nature a social animal. But I think that both views are true — people are fundamentally communal creatures, but in the end, to indulge in a cliche, we're born alone and we die alone."
Rilke's Letters to a Young Poet - A poignant ode to solitude · u/the-woman-respecter · ↑35 · 2023-04-24
"Honestly something that seems to bring back former meanings as Aristotle already made a distinction between a more positive form of envy, zēlos (check how the pronunciation sounds much like jealous) and a more negative, phtonos."
Why is Jealousy replacing Envy in the english language? · u/feeblelittle · ↑33 · 2024-07-12
"Want to get more substantially into continental philosophy, particularly phenomenologists like Bergson and Husserl. I also want to know how European philosophers grappled with ways the industrial revolution shifted human consciousness as it was happening. Will I actually be able to find a linear thr"
Is "start with the Greeks" real or just a /lit/ meme · u/turtleman29 · ↑29 · 2023-09-18
"Plato 'birthed' Aristotle who 'birthed' Alexander the Great. But unlike the Alexandrian Order, that forced the East to see that the West had gained parity and forced the West to admit the administrative state of the East beat 'bands of fealty', Selena was cut too soon from the tapestry of history."
i didnt expect the bad bunny halftime show to make me cry · discowillneverbeover · ↑29 · 2026-02-09
"This seems to contradict Aristotle's famous maxim (and popularly held sentiment on this sub) that man is by nature a social animal"
Rilke's Letters to a Young Poet - A poignant ode to solitude · u/the-woman-respecter · ↑35 · 2023-04-24
"Will I actually be able to find a linear thread from Plato and Aristotle to those late 19th century guys?"
Is "start with the Greeks" real or just a /lit/ meme · u/turtleman29 · ↑29 · 2023-09-18
"Plato "birthed" Aristotle who "birthed" Alexander the Great."
i didnt expect the bad bunny halftime show to make me cry · u/discowillneverbeover · ↑29 · 2026-02-09
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