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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
skins thick rhinoceros
Develop a skin as thick as a rhinoceros hide! Eleanor Roosevelt
skins needs tough
Every woman in public life needs to develop skin as tough as rhinoceros hide,
skins successful
I think the actresses who are really successful are the ones who are comfortable in their own skins and still look human. Emma Watson
skins body kind
And although our bodies are bounded with skin, and we can differentiate between outside and inside, they cannot exist except in a certain kind of natural environment. Alan Watts
skins honey salt
I rub a mixture of honey and salt all over my body to moisturise and exfoliate. You wash it off and your skin is gorgeous. Catherine Zeta-Jones
skins olives sun
I have olive skin, so if I'm in the sun for even 15 minutes, I turn brown. Audrina Patridge
skins jew comfortable
I would like every Jew to be as comfortable in his skin as I am in mine. Edgar Bronfman, Sr.
skins may common
Our skin colours may vary, but what's upstairs - there's certain things we've all got in common. Billy Gibbons
skins endure ugliness
... all ugliness passes, and beauty endures, excepting of the skin. Edith Sitwell
pieces puzzle
I don't think any one of these is the solution. It's going to be a combination of them all. This is just a big puzzle and we need to put all the pieces together. Jill Buford
pieces melody
The melody is generally what the piece is all about. Aaron Copland
pieces provisions send soon
Our clothes are going to pieces fast. Send provisions as soon as possible. William John Wills
pieces
We have the pieces to the puzzle. We have a lot of weapons. Jamey Wright
pieces inspired audience
If someone realises the piece they are wearing is inspired by me then it only broadens my audience. Alexander Wang
pieces film periods
Im something of a history buff. Its deliberate that a lot of my films have been period pieces. Cary Elwes
pieces advantage existence
Nothing is pure and entire of a piece. All advantages are attended with disadvantages. A universal compensation prevails in all conditions of being and existence. David Hume
pieces finest sells
I don't like to sell my finest pieces. Beatrice Wood
pieces silent refuse
to that piece in each of us that refuses to be silent. Audre Lorde