Thursday, April 30, 2026

Aristotle

 

Aristotle (c. 384-322 BCE)

“Utility is an impermanent thing: it changes according to circumstances.”

  • From The Nicomachean Ethics (Book VIII, section 3, Bekker page 1156a) by Aristotle, translated by J. A. K. Thomson (Penguin Classics, 2004).

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