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plato atheism age
At an early age I sucked up the milk of Homer, Virgil, Horace, Terence, Anacreon, Plato and Euripides, diluted with that of Moses and the prophets. Denis Diderot
plato years ideas
During the 2300 years since Plato, very little opposition has been registered to his ideas. Ludwig von Mises
plato kind members
Plato and Hitler were both the same kind of consistent socialists who planned also for the production of future socialists, the breeding and education of future members of society.
plato people leader
People have Plato's form in their mind of what a leader is, or what a C.E.O. is, and it is a bunch of elements that I really don't conform to at all. I've given this a lot of thought, and I came to the conclusion that I don't care. Dick Costolo
plato father thinking
I want you teabaggers out there to understand one thing: while you idolize the Founding Fathers and dress up like them, and smell like them, I think it's pretty clear that the Founding Fathers would have hated your guts. And what's more, you would've hated them. They were everything you despise. They studied science, read Plato, hung out in Paris and thought the Bible was mostly bulls**t. Bill Maher
plato school exercise
The authority of Plato and Aristotle, of Zeno and Epicurus, still reigned in the schools; and their systems, transmitted with blind deference from one generation of disciples to another, precluded every generous attempt to exercise the powers, or enlarge the limits, of the human mind. Edward Gibbon
plato history secret
The knowledge that is suited to our situation and powers, the whole compass of moral, natural, and mathematical science, was neglected by the new Platonists; whilst they exhausted their strength in the verbal disputes of metaphysics, attempted to explore the secrets of the invisible world, and studied to reconcile Aristotle with Plato, on subjects of which both these philosophers were as ignorant as the rest of mankind.
plato play bears
Plato's dialogues bear at least some similarities to the classical plays. Benjamin Jowett
plato book greatness
The student is half afraid to meet one of the great philosophers face to face. He feels himself inadequate and thinks he will not understand him. But if he only knew, the great man, just because of his greatness, is much more intelligible than his modern commentator. The simplest student will be able to understand, if not all, yet a very great deal of what Plato said; but hardly anyone can understand some modern books on Platonism. C. S. Lewis
purpose fiction certain
There are certain themes of which the interest is all-absorbing, but which are too entirely horrible for the purposes of legitimate fiction. Edgar Allan Poe
purpose purpose-of-life
The purpose of life afterall is to live it. Eleanor Roosevelt
purpose charity levers
For charity purposes, how do I help? A lot of prospective levers and tools have come into my life. Eduardo Saverin
purpose computer program
It used to be the program's purpose to instruct our computers; it became the computer's purpose to execute our programs. Edsger Dijkstra
purpose wells prose
Prose exists to convey meaning, and no meaning such as prose conveys can be expressed as well in poetry. That's not poetry's purpose. Basil Bunting
purpose
Music's at its best when it has a purpose. Eddie Vedder
purpose force used
We have learned that power is a positive force if it is used for positive purposes. Elizabeth Dole
purpose purpose-of-life dharma
Everyone has a dharma or purpose in life. Deepak Chopra
purpose
Nothing will divert me from my purpose. Abraham Lincoln
world disaster ends
To make one person the center of your world is bound to end in disaster. There are too many factors outside your control. Alexandra Adornetto
world want needs
At that point in life where your talent meets the needs of the world, that is where God wants you to be. Albert Schweitzer
world praise censure
Never be afraid of the world's censure; it's praise is much more to be dreaded. Charles Spurgeon
world tribes
There are tribes all over the world who sing and dance every day as part of their lives. And we oughta do that. Dick Van Dyke
world east journalism
I've found there to be a tremendous amount of East Coast snobbery in the journalism world. Diane Lane
world want messages
I want to be anywhere in the world that I'm needed. I want to spread a message of peace and love throughout the world. Dennis Rodman
world wanted ifs
If the North wanted to hack anything in the world, anything in the world, really, they are going to go hack a movie? Really?!
world united-states force
The United States is the single greatest force for good in the world Dennis Prager
world hills goodness
All of the goodness in the world doesn't amount to a hill of beans without courage