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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
etc needs film
Making a film, I've learned, can be an exhausting process, due to the need for backing, distribution, etc. Anne Rice
etc groups shut-up
Cofishes-other fish in a group, coworkers, cohorts, etc. Shut up, it's a word. Christopher Moore
etc saudis
The Turks ... the Saudis, the Emiratis, etc. What were they doing? Joe Biden
etch-a-sketch upside-down turns
If I could only turn the etch-a-sketch of my life upside down. Lynda Barry
etc boring cliche
Antiquite . en tout ce qui s'y rapporte: Est poncif, embe" tant! etc. Antiquity. And everything to do with it, cliche d and boring. Gustave Flaubert
etch-a-sketch
This is one doodle that can't be undid homeskillet. Rainn Wilson
etc aspect
I usually don't like to talk about money, but I talk about the movie, and the other aspects of directing, etc. Tommy Wiseau
etc example citizens
I like a lot of classic movies, like, for example, 'Citizen Kane', James Dean movies, etc, etc.
half lips smirk
There was that half-smirk again, playing around his lips, as if he was deciding whether the situation was amusing enough to warrant a full smile. Alexandra Adornetto
half life people sort wet
Life is like a grapefruit. Well, it's sort of orangy-yellow and dimpled on the outside, wet and squidgy in the middle. It's got pips inside, too. Oh, and some people have a half a one for breakfast. Douglas Adams
half knows life proverbs spent time-and-time-management
Life is half spent before one knows what it is. French Proverbs
half huge last played playoffs season second success year
Making the playoffs last year is a huge part of our success this season. We played very well the second half of the season and managed to get in as the fourth-place team. I think that was really the beginning.
half love
Love is only half the illusion; the lover, but not his love, is deceived. George Santayana
half households less log mysterious people third
Less than half of our households have a computer. Only a third of those log on. So most people see this as being mysterious technology.
half points pole south
Seventy-four points at the half - that's like being at the South Pole for us. Bernie Bickerstaff
half second
Second half turnovers really did us in. I think that was the real difference.
half picked second
Mineral Wells picked it up in the second half and made it a much better game.