Aristotle Quotes on Nature
Aristotle was a Greek philosopher and polymath born in Stagira in 384 BC. This page collects quotes attributed to Aristotle on the topic of nature, drawn from across the philosopher's works.
Quotes
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Attributed to Aristotle:
“Man is by nature a political animal.”
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“All men by nature desire to know.”
Metaphysics Book I, 980a.21 : Opening paragraph of Metaphysics | Variant: All men by nature desire knowledge. | The first sentence is in the Oxford Dictionary of Scientific Quotations (2005), 21:10 -
Attributed to Aristotle:
“Nature does nothing in vain.”
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“Nature does not do anything in vain .”
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“The science which has to do with nature clearly concerns itself for the most part with bodies and magnitudes and their properties and movements, but also with the principles of this sort of substance, as many as they may be.”
On the Heavens Book I, pg. 1 ( 350 BCE )