This book is an anthology of quotes from Aristotle and selected facts about Aristotle. "A friend to all is a friend to none." "All men by nature desire knowledge." "All paid jobs absorb and degrade the mind." "Choice not chances determines your destiny.""Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all" "For the things we have to learn before we can do them, we learn by doing them." "Freedom is obedience to self-formulated rules." "Happiness belongs to the self sufficient." "Happiness is a quality of the soul...not a function of one's material circumstances." "Happiness is a state of activity." "Happiness is the settling of the soul into its most appropriate spot." "He who cannot be a good follower cannot be a good leader." "He who has many friends has no friends." "Hope is a walking dream" "It is likely that unlikely things should happen" "It is not enough to win a war; it is more important to organize the peace." "Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom." "Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies." "Nature abhors a vacuum." "No great genius has ever existed without some touch of madness" "Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet." "Philosophy can make people sick."

When philosophy rescued him from an emotional crisis, Jules Evans became fascinated by how ideas invented over two thousand years ago can help us today. He interviewed soldiers, psychologists, gangsters, astronauts, and anarchists and discovered the ways that people are using philosophy now to build better lives. Ancient philosophy has inspired modern communities — Socratic cafés, Stoic armies, Epicurean communes — and even whole nations in the quest for the good life. This book is an invitation to a dream school with a rowdy faculty that includes twelve of the greatest philosophers from the ancient world, sharing their lessons on happiness, resilience, and much more. Lively and inspiring, this is philosophy for the street, for the workplace, for the battlefield, for love, for life.

Plato's Guide to the Good Life “The unexamined life is not worth living” -Apology, Plato An original account of the speech Socrates makes at the trial in which he is charged with not recognizing the gods recognized by the state, inventing new deities, and corrupting the youth of Athens. This Xist Classics edition has been professionally formatted for e-readers with a linked table of contents. This eBook also contains a bonus book club leadership guide and discussion questions. We hope you’ll share this book with your friends, neighbors and colleagues and can’t wait to hear what you have to say about it. Xist Publishing is a digital-first publisher. Xist Publishing creates books for the touchscreen generation and is dedicated to helping everyone develop a lifetime love of reading, no matter what form it takes