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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
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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.
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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
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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
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Einstein's gravitational theory, which is said to be the greatest single achievement of theoretical physics, resulted in beautiful relations connecting gravitational phenomena with the geometry of space; this was an exciting idea. Richard P. Feynman
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Reverence for life, veneratio vitæ, is the most direct and at the same time the profoundest achievement of my will-to-live. Albert Schweitzer
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Lifting the debt burden from the poorest countries in the world brightens their prospects enormously. This is an achievement of historic proportions. John Snow
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Let me tell you something: Roush getting five cars in, that's a heck of an accomplishment. Good for them. I admire what was done there, and we feel like we can do that, too.
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Life is all one piece. Men err when they think they can be inhuman exploiters in their business life, and loving husbands and fathers at home. For achievement without love is a cold and tight-lipped murderer of human happiness everywhere. Smiley Blanton
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Making it here is such an accomplishment for me. I don't have any expectations, just to go out there and attack everything and skate my best. Emily Hughes
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Losing the state championship, that's the highest level of achievement in basketball and we lost that. This year, we're getting another shot. A lot of times you don't get a second chance. We've got to come out. It's a game for revenge.
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Los Angeles Unified has quickly become the nationwide leader in promoting innovative public school options like charter schools to tackle the challenges of low student achievement and over-crowding. The school district is to be commended for supporting high-quality charter schools for the many families that continue to demand them.
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Love in young men for the most part is not love but sexual desire, and its accomplishment is the end
republic towns fountain
My countrymen have commissioned a bust of the Republic. It will be placed on the fountain of my native town. Camille Claudel
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I'm not a Democrat, I'm not a Republican-I'm an American, I'm a human. Chely Wright
republican moderates
There is no such thing as a moderate Republican anymore.
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Because of the Republicans, I'm not ashamed of being an American. I'm embarrassed!
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How can the Republicans get away with picking their Dennis Kucinich, but when - if the Democrats tried it, all hell would break lose?
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We'll see what the Dominican Republic can do.
republican
There are worse things than being thought a Republican. Charley Pride
republic wrought
What have you wrought ... A Republic if you can keep it. Benjamin Franklin
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I can't go out with a Republican. Madeleine Albright