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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
parents time trying work wrestle
One of the things we always wrestle with is trying to get parents to read to them at home. Time is a factor, and work schedules. A lot of them work at night. Erica White
parents school urged
My grandparents and parents urged me to go to school and do well in school so that at the end of the day I'd have options, choices. Christopher Darden
parent theatre opera
Theatre and opera were always the twin kingdoms that I felt I had to conquer, because they were my parents' favorites. Diane Paulus
parent roles given
Parents are flawed human beings who are given a role that more approximates that of God than of mere mortals. Dennis Prager
parenting age roles
I hope to find the roles that are age appropriate but not yearning to be younger, or parenting ad nauseam. Debra Winger
parent way
Yes, we do mimic our parents in a lot of ways. Deana Carter
parent telescopes hobbies
My parents gave me a small telescope, then I built my own, and one thing led to another. So thats how I ended up going from being a hobby astronomer to a professional astronomer. Dimitar Sasselov
parents protect strong tool violence
I feel real strong that violence should be in (the statute). We need to give parents a tool to protect their children. Rep. Hogue
parenting trying might
I'm trying to break any chain of negative parenting that I might have survived. Eddie Vedder
use significant ill
God uses those who seem ill-fitted for a significant life. Charles R. Swindoll
use talent given
I was given talent, and if you are given it, it is your obligation to use it. Dennis Potter
use apps starting
What we're starting to see is that the best apps tend to be the simplest, the easiest to use and the fastest to use Dennis Crowley
use needs remember
One of the biggest hurdles about Foursquare is you need to remember to use it.
use politician dangerous
Nothing is more dangerous that the politician who uses politics as a surrogate for an unsatisfactory personal life. Denis Healey
use force decided
They use force, to make you do, what the deciders, have decided you must do. Eldridge Cleaver
use known
In my work, I have never had any use for anything that I have known in advance. Eduardo Chillida
use products serving
Every-time we use a product or service, someone is serving us. Earl Nightingale
use harvest turns
Money is the harvest of our production and service. We in turn use it to obtain the production and service of others.