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Aristotle quotes on practice

3 verified English passages where Aristotle’ s thought meets questions of practice.

Aristotle on practice

Aristotle (384–322 BCE) approaches practice within Peripatetic. Aristotle pursued demonstrative science grounded in observation, definition, and causal explanation. His Organon developed syllogistic logic and standards of proof that structured Western reasoning for two millennia. On this page, the archive isolates English passages where that project meets practice most directly—useful for searches such as “aristotle quotes on practice.”

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Start with the shortest passage, then compare tone across sources. Return to the Aristotle thinker page for biography and to the practice theme for other voices on the same question.

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What did Aristotle say about practice?

The quotations below are the archive’s curated answer: English renderings selected for clarity and attribution, not a complete corpus.

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Related themes: Philosophy , Self , Knowledge , Freedom , Life , Wisdom .

  1. We become just by doing just acts, temperate by doing temperate acts.
    Q0105
    Nicomachean Ethics II.1
  2. Every art and every inquiry, and similarly every action and choice, is thought to aim at some good.
    Q0324
    Nicomachean Ethics I.1
  3. States of character arise out of like activities.