"Sometimes Aristotle analyses his terms, but very often he takes them for granted; and in the latter case, I think, he is sometimes deceived by them."

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Source : Aristotle, Gilbert Murray (1920). “On the Art of Poetry”, p.12, Oxford University Press on Demand

Gilbert Murray

#Thinking Quotes #Analysis Quotes #Sometimes Quotes

“PDCA is the essence of managerial work: making sure the job gets done today and developing better ways to do it tomorrow.”
“Donâ€™t be different just to be different. Be different to be better.”
“Atheism is a strange thing. Even the devils never fell into that vice.”
“One of the most dangerously vicious circles menacing the continued existence of all mankind arises through that grim striving for the highest possible position within the ranked order, in other words, the reckless pursuit of power which combines with an insatiable greed of neurotic proportions that the results of acquired power confer.”
“Pop music I have always loved best. But the more extreme, fascist-led examples of the music business I tend to detest the most.”
“My nature is to be linear, and when I'm not, I feel really proud of myself.”
“The things most worth wanting are not available everywhere all the time.”
“The people who do make big discoveries are the ones who somehow manage to free themselves from conventional ways of thinking and to see the subject from a new perspective.”

Source : Interview with Joanna Rose, www.nobelprize.org. December 09, 2003.

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