For Aristotle, friendship in its highest form has a political or civic dimension. We love our friends not just because we like each other or are useful to each other, but because we share the same values and ideals for our society, and come together to advance those ideals.

Socrates insisted that there's a strong connection between your philosophy (how you interpret the world, what you think is important in life) and your mental and physical health. Different beliefs lead to different emotional states...

Maxims were like neural shortcuts, like icons on a desktop that instantly connect you to a body of information.

The angry person is acutely sensitive to all they are owed by the world, and blind to all they have received