''The Aristos: A Self-Portrait in Ideas'' is a 1964 collection of several hundred philosophical

aphorisms An aphorism (from Ancient Greek, Greek ἀφορισμός: ''aphorismos'', denoting 'delimitation', 'distinction', and 'definition') is a concise, terse, laconic, or memorable expression of a general truth or principle. Aphorisms are often hand ...

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John Fowles John Robert Fowles (; 31 March 1926 – 5 November 2005) was an English novelist of international renown, critically positioned between modernism and postmodernism. His work was influenced by Jean-Paul Sartre and Albert Camus, among others. Aft ...

. A revised edition, without the subtitle, which was shorter but also incorporated new material, was published in hardcover in 1968 and in paperback in 1970. The principal theme in ''The Aristos'' is that most achievements, most great steps forward, have come from individuals.The Aristos, 1970 edition, p. 9 In the book's Appendix, Fowles included what he called the "main fragments" of

Heraclitus Heraclitus of Ephesus (; grc-gre, Ἡράκλειτος , "Glory of Hera"; ) was an ancient Greek pre-Socratic philosopher from the city of Ephesus, which was then part of the Persian Empire. Little is known of Heraclitus's life. He wrote ...

's doctrine.

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1964 non-fiction books 1968 non-fiction books Books by John Fowles Books of aphorisms English-language books Little, Brown and Company books Philosophy books {{Philo-book-stub