Aristotle Quotes About Affection

• Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.

  Aristotle

  Love, Life, Positive

  Attributed to Aristotle in Diogenes Laertius "The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers" translated by C. D. Yonge and Henry G. Bohn (p. 188), 1853.

• Memory is therefore, neither Perception nor Conception, but a state or affection of one of these, conditioned by lapse of time. As already observed, there is no such thing as memory of the present while present, for the present is object only of perception, and the future, of expectation, but the object of memory is the past. All memory, therefore, implies a time elapsed; consequently only those animals which perceive time remember, and the organ whereby they perceive time is also that whereby they remember.

  Aristotle

  Memories, Animal, Past

  Aristotle (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Aristotle (Illustrated)”, p.1113, Delphi Classics

• Dissimilarity of habit tends more than anything to destroy affection.

  Aristotle

  Affection, Habit

  Aristotle, Aeterna Press (2015). “Economics”, p.13, Aeterna Press

• The two qualities which chiefly inspire regard and affection are that a thing is your own and that it is your only one.

  Aristotle

  Inspiration, Two, Inspire

  Marcus Aurelius, Plato, Aristotle (2012). “The Modern Library Collection of Greek and Roman Philosophy 3-Book Bundle: Meditations; Selected Dialogues of Plato; The Basic Works of Aristotle”, p.3228, Modern Library

• Most people would rather give than get affection.

  Aristotle

  People, Giving, Affection

• No man of high and generous spirit is ever willing to indulge in flattery; the good may feel affection for others, but will not flatter them.

  Aristotle

  Men, Generous Spirit, Indulge In

• The word is a sign or symbol of the impressions or affections of the soul.

  Aristotle

  Soul, Affection, Impression

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