“A tragedy is a representation of an action that is whole and complete and of a certain magnitude. A whole is what has a beginning and middle and end.”

“Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life, the whole aim and end of human existence.”

“These virtues are formed in man by his doing the actions ... The good of man is a working of the soul in the way of excellence in a complete life.”

“The whole is greater than the sum of its parts.”

“What is the Good for man? It must be the ultimate end or object of human life: something that is in itself completely satisfying. Happiness fits this description…we always choose it for itself, and never for any other reason.”

“Anything whose presence or absence makes no discernible difference is no essential part of the whole.”

“The greater the length, the more beautiful will the piece be by reason of its size, provided that the whole be perspicuous.” (VII)”