Aristotle Quote

Nature herself, as has been often said, requires that we should be able, not only to work well, but to use leisure well; for, as I must repeat once again, the first principle of all action is leisure. Both are required, but leisure is better than occupation and is its end.


On Man in the Universe: Metaphysics, Parts of Animals, Ethics, Politics, Poetics (ed. 1943)


Nature herself, as has been often said, requires that we should be able, not only to work well, but to use leisure well; for, as I must repeat once...

Nature herself, as has been often said, requires that we should be able, not only to work well, but to use leisure well; for, as I must repeat once...

Nature herself, as has been often said, requires that we should be able, not only to work well, but to use leisure well; for, as I must repeat once...

Nature herself, as has been often said, requires that we should be able, not only to work well, but to use leisure well; for, as I must repeat once...