Aristotle on Family
Browse 2 quotations attributed to Aristotle, catalogued under family, with dates where available.
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Attributed to Aristotle, entry #63748: "Again, men in general desire the good, and not merely what their fathers had."
Attributed to Aristotle, entry #73083: "One would have thought that it was even more necessary to limit population than property; and that the limit should be fixed by calculating the chances of mortality in the childre…"
2 Quotes by Aristotle on Family
"Again, men in general desire the good, and not merely what their fathers had."
"One would have thought that it was even more necessary to limit population than property; and that the limit should be fixed by calculating the chances of mortality in the children, and of sterility in married persons. The neglect of this subject, which in existing states is so common, is a never-failing cause of poverty among the citizens; and poverty is the parent of revolution and crime."