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| John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919. |
| NUMBER: | 9133 |
| AUTHOR: | Diogenes Laërtius (fl. early 3d cent.) |
| QUOTATION: | On one occasion Aristotle was asked how much educated men were superior to those uneducated: “As much,” said he, “as the living are to the dead.” 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Aristotle. xi. |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
| Note 1. Quoted with great warmth by Dr. Johnson (Boswell).—Langton: Collectanea. [back] |
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