Aphorism – Definition, Examples and Quotes of Aphorism

Aphorism

An Aphorism (from Greek ἀφορισμός: Aphorisms, “demarcation”, “discrimination”, and “definition”) is a brief, terse, laconic, and / or memorable expression of a common truth or principle. They are often handed over by tradition from generation to generation. The concept is different from a tribute,brocard, chiasmus, epigram, maxim (legal or philosophical), theory, proverbs, and stories; Some of these concepts are species of aphorism.

This term was first used in Hippocrates’s Aphorism, a long series of symptoms related to diseases and the diagnosis and treatment and the art of medicine. Often quoted in the first sentence of this work is:

“Life is short, long art, opportunity fleet, misleading experience, decision difficult”. Read More

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