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Single Idea 3037

[filed under theme 25. Social Practice / E. Policies / 5. Education / b. Education principles ]

Full Idea

Aristotle was asked how much educated men were superior to those uneducated; "As much," he said, "as the living are to the dead."

Gist of Idea

Aristotle said the educated were superior to the uneducated as the living are to the dead

Source

report of Aristotle (works [c.330 BCE]) by Diogenes Laertius - Lives of Eminent Philosophers 05.1.11

Book Ref

Diogenes Laertius: 'Diogenes Laertius', ed/tr. Yonge,C.D. [Henry G. Bohn 1853], p.188

The 25 ideas from 'works'

19693 There is practical wisdom (for action), and theoretical wisdom (for deep understanding) [Aristotle, by Whitcomb]
1575 For Aristotle logos is essentially the ability to talk rationally about questions of value [Roochnik on Aristotle]
1589 Aristotle is the supreme optimist about the ability of logos to explain nature [Roochnik on Aristotle]
8200 Aristotelian definitions aim to give the essential properties of the thing defined [Aristotle, by Quine]
4385 Aristotelian definition involves first stating the genus, then the differentia of the thing [Aristotle, by Urmson]
13282 Aristotle relativises the notion of wholeness to different measures [Aristotle, by Koslicki]
4730 For Aristotle, the subject-predicate structure of Greek reflected a substance-accident structure of reality [Aristotle, by O'Grady]
3320 Aristotle's standard analysis of species and genus involves specifying things in terms of something more general [Aristotle, by Benardete,JA]
11240 The notion of analytic truth is absent in Aristotle [Aristotle, by Politis]
13276 The unmoved mover and the soul show Aristotelian form as the ultimate mereological atom [Aristotle, by Koslicki]
13277 The 'form' is the recipe for building wholes of a particular kind [Aristotle, by Koslicki]
5991 For Aristotle, knowledge is of causes, and is theoretical, practical or productive [Aristotle, by Code]
11239 The notion of a priori truth is absent in Aristotle [Aristotle, by Politis]
23312 Aristotle is a rationalist, but reason is slowly acquired through perception and experience [Aristotle, by Frede,M]
16111 Aristotle wants to fit common intuitions, and therefore uses language as a guide [Aristotle, by Gill,ML]
11243 Aristotelian explanations are facts, while modern explanations depend on human conceptions [Aristotle, by Politis]
12000 Aristotle regularly says that essential properties explain other significant properties [Aristotle, by Kung]
23300 Aristotle and the Stoics denied rationality to animals, while Platonists affirmed it [Aristotle, by Sorabji]
6559 Aristotle never actually says that man is a rational animal [Aristotle, by Fogelin]
3037 Aristotle said the educated were superior to the uneducated as the living are to the dead [Aristotle, by Diog. Laertius]
11150 It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain an idea without accepting it [Aristotle]
12058 Aristotle's matter can become any other kind of matter [Aristotle, by Wiggins]
8660 There are potential infinities (never running out), but actual infinity is incoherent [Aristotle, by Friend]
16971 Plato says sciences are unified around Forms; Aristotle says they're unified around substance [Aristotle, by Moravcsik]
22729 The concepts of gods arose from observing the soul, and the cosmos [Aristotle, by Sext.Empiricus]