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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
what-if stories highlander
Alright, all right," I said. "What if I tell you a story, instead?" Highlanders loved stories, and Jamie was no exception. "Oh, aye, " he said, sounding much happier. "What sort of story is it? Diana Gabaldon
what-if dying matter
You have to keep walking, no matter what. If you don't, it's a living death. You're just standing in one place dying. Cheryl Strayed
what-if wild-girl ifs
What if I was never redeemed? What if I already was?
what-if go-back-in-time if-i-could
But if I could go back in time, I wouldn't do a single thing differently. What if all those things I did were the things that got me here?
what-if done made
What if what made me do all those things everyone thought I shouldn't have done was what also had got me here? What if I was never redeemed? What if I already was?
what-if enemy ifs
They say, Keep your enemies closer. But what if you live with them? Bob Saget
what-if problem situation
The problem with prostitutes is, what if you actually like somebody you meet in that situation? Where do you go from there? What do you do? Charlie Sheen
what-if body stills
It terrified me to consider: What if, as a grown-up, I craved another body beside me as still as this one? What then? Augusten Burroughs
what-if tests juliet
What if Shakespeare had had a test audience for Romeo and Juliet or Hamlet? Brendan Fraser
meaning-of-life strive
For me, the meaning of life is pretty clear: Living things strive to pass their genes into the future. Bill Nye
meaning-of-life purpose
We are here for no purpose, unless we can invent one. Kurt Vonnegut
meaning-of-life life-is
The meaning of life is that it is to be lived. Bruce Lee
meaning-of-life life-is values
Life is meaningless, when we take a life we take nothing of value. Brent Weeks
meaning-of-life doe modern
The modern meaning of life's end-when does it end? How does it end? How should it end? What is the value of life? How do we measure it? Don DeLillo
meaning-of-life life-is
The meaning of life is happiness. Dalai Lama
meaning-of-life spirituality useful-life
What is the meaning of life? To be happy and useful.
meaning-of-life knows know-how
Everyone now knows how to find the meaning of life within himself.
meaning-of-life would-be stills
If nothing had any meaning, you would be right. But there is something that still has a meaning. Albert Camus