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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
ideas stronger ends
An idea is, in the end, always stronger than circumstances. Albert Schweitzer
ideas rough
Make the layouts rough and the ideas fancy. Stavros Cosmopulos
ideas language respected
No one respected language more than Nabokov. You don't read it for his ideas, you read it for his presentation. Stephen Parker
ideas surprises unfamiliar
on interesting subjects, ideas and unfamiliar artists, with many surprises for visitors. John Walsh
ideas maybe similar
Maybe just to get my idea out. Maybe to find out other people's ideas, to see if they're similar to mine.
ideas quality
Now we would like some ideas for different shows. These must be quality shows.
ideas numbers government
Only to bureaucrats can the idea occur that establishing new offices, promulgating new decrees, and increasing the number of government employees alone can be described as positive and beneficial measures.
ideas political vices
The idea that political freedom can be preserved in the absence of economic freedom, and vice versa, is an illusion. Political freedom is the corollary of economic freedom.
ideas way no-idea
I had no idea there were so many ways you could burn yourself out. Chris Evans
soul torn-apart unfaithful
Each act of unfaithfulness toward our inner being is a blot on our souls. If we continue to be unfaithful, our souls are eventually torn apart and we slowly bleed to death.
soul firsts winner
You'll never be a winner of souls unless you're first a weeper for souls. Charles Spurgeon
soul firsts winner
Winners of souls must first be weepers for souls.
soul grace doe
The grace that does not change my life will not save my soul.
soul rumor suspicious
Those who feed on rumors are small, suspicious souls. Charles R. Swindoll
soul looks stories
I look for a good story. Usually the best stories are the ones that are unbelievably true. 'Soul Surfer' is one of those stories. Dennis Quaid
soul intellect
Soul and intellect are just the same things. Democritus
soul looks imperfect
The celebration of Advent is possible only to those who are troubled in soul, who know themselves to be poor and imperfect, and who look forward to something greater to come. Dietrich Bonhoeffer
soul helping lord
Lord help my poor soul. Edgar Allan Poe