Aristotle (n.) is not passionate, or in any profound sense religious. The errors of his predecessors were the glorious errors of youth attempting the impossible; his errors are those of age which cannot free itself of habitual prejudices.
Aristotle (n.) is the first man to proclaim explicitly that man is a rational animal. His reason for this view was one which does not now seem very impressive; it was, that some people can do sums.
Aristotle (n.) is the first to write like a professor: his treatises are systematic, his discussions are divided into heads, he is a professional teacher, not an inspired prophet.
Aristotle (n.) is the last Greek philosopher who faced the world cheerfully; after him, all have, in one form or another, a philosophy of retreat.
Aristotle (n.) is the man who held that women have fewer teeth than men and, though married twice, never thought to check by looking in his wives' mouths.