Long-lived persons have one or two lines which extend through the whole hand; short-lived persons have two lines not extending through the whole hand.
A statement is persuasive and credible either because it is directly self-evident or because it appears to be proved from other statements that are so.
Excellence, then, is a state concerned with choice, lying in a mean, relative to us, this being determined by reason and in the way in which the man of practical wisdom would determine it.
The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, since there are few things for which he cares sufficiently; but he is willing, in great crises, to give even his life - knowing that under certain conditions it is not worthwhile to live.
Democracy arises out of the notion that those who are equal in any respect are equal in all respects; because men are equally free, they claim to be absolutely equal.
But if nothing but soul, or in soul mind, is qualified to count, it is impossible for there to be time unless there is soul, but only that of which time is an attribute, i.e. if change can exist without soul.
Dia yang tidak dapat hidup dalam masyarakat, atau yang tidak membutuhkan karena dia cukup untuk dirinya sendiri, pasti adalah binatang atau dewa.