Asked what he gained from philosophy, he answered, "To do without being commanded what others do from fear of the laws."


Aristotle, 9. - Book 5: The Peripatetics

Diogenes Laërtius Quotes

Asked what he gained from philosophy, he answered, To do without being commanded what others do from fear of the laws.

Asked what he gained from philosophy, he answered, To do without being commanded what others do from fear of the laws.

Asked what he gained from philosophy, he answered, To do without being commanded what others do from fear of the laws.

Asked what he gained from philosophy, he answered, To do without being commanded what others do from fear of the laws.