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plato world considering
Since Plato, we have been considering the nature of knowledge, the meaning of meaning and the status of the physical world. Julian Baggini
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 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 needs problem
The problem is simply finding the right person. Ask Plato. Just make sure she finishes your thoughts and you finish hers. That's all you need. Elizabeth Kostova
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
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 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
serious comedy kind
My favorite kind of film is serious comedy. Comedy with serious underpinning. Alan Arkin
serious bits
As you get older, you get a bit more serious. Bryan Ferry
serious repercussions
Repercussions are serious and they will take you places. Bryan Clay
serious asthma
Between 1991 and 1997 I had really serious asthma. Cathy Freeman
serious crime negligence
In persons grafted in a serious trust, Negligence is a crime. William Shakespeare
serious sense-of-humor adore
I understand from those who adore him, he [Julian Assange] has a great sense of humor which rarely gets an airing because he's dealing with such serious issues. Benedict Cumberbatch
serious seventeen
No one's serious at seventeen. Arthur Rimbaud
serious sound artistic
Visuals are as artistic as sounds, so being serious about both isn't a contradiction to me. Dee Dee Ramone
serious problem climate-change
The most serious problem facing humankind is climate change. Bill Nye
importance lifting
I began to learn the importance of lifting things up and looking underneath. Deb Caletti
importance recognize
We want to recognize the importance of our employees. Dave Johnston
importance
Character is better than ancestry, and personal conduct is of more importance than the highest. Thomas John Barnardo
importance introduction consequence
For, usually and fitly, the presence of an introduction is held to imply that there is something of consequence and importance to be introduced. Arthur Machen
importance resonates
I learned the importance of being confident. I think that at the end of the day, it's not so much about what you look like - it's really about the way that you feel. That resonates with people. Olivia Culpo
importance issue lose mail office rather seat sell sent vote week weigh willing
We are not delegates who are sent here to weigh our mail every day and then to vote accordingly. There are issue of transcendent importance that you have to be willing to lose your office over ... I'm willing to lose my seat any day in the week rather than sell out. Henry Hyde
importance recognize six
We recognize the importance of getting the six lanes built.
importance learned
As a doctor, I've learned the importance and value of listening.
importance supreme
God is either of no importance, or of supreme importance. Abraham Joshua Heschel