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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
civilization balance disturbed
The disastrous feature of our civilization is that it is far more developed materially than spiritually. Its balance is disturbed. Albert Schweitzer
civilization movement ethical
Only an ethical movement can rescue us from barbarism, and the ethical comes into existence only in individuals.
civilization model rest
so it will become a model of civilization for the rest of the world. Mahmoud Abbas
civilization coming explain fight flags fly house lawn south threat today together white
More than 170 flags will fly on the south lawn of the White House today as a way to visually and symbolically explain that the world is coming together to fight this threat to civilization and to freedom. Karen Hughes
civilization civilized drawn fully office people purse stealing
No people is fully civilized where a distinction is drawn between stealing an office and stealing a purse Theodore Roosevelt
civilization taught students
Of course, all students should learn African history, as they should learn the history of other continents and major civilizations. But this history should be taught accurately and based on the best scholarship, not ideology or politics. Diane Ravitch
civilization america political
America became a great civilization thanks to a culture based on the value of having to earn almost everything an American got in life. As it abandons this value, it will become a mediocre civilization. And eventually it will not be America. It will be a large Sweden, and just as influential as the smaller one. Dennis Prager
civilization environmental cliffs
When civilization stands at the edge of a cliff, a step forward doesn't make much sense. Denis Hayes
civilization barbarians fascination
The destruction that barbarians leave behind has a grim fascination, doesn't it? We're reminded how thin is the veneer of civilization. Dean Koontz
too-much obscure
To love it too much is to obscure and not see what is there. Dennis Potter
too-much triumph ignored
We ought not to be in too much of a hurry here to speak piously of God’s will and guidance. It is obvious, and it should not be ignored, that it is your own very human wills that are at work here, celebrating their triumph; the course that you are taking at the outset is one that you have chosen for yourselves… Dietrich Bonhoeffer
too-much baha trouble
Where there is love, nothing is too much trouble and there is always time. Abdu'l Baha
too-much plant paraphrase
The best we can do, to paraphrase Pollan, is to eat whole foods, mostly plants, and not too much. A. J. Jacobs
too-much fables labels
Don't rely too much on labels, for too often they are fables Charles Spurgeon
too-much pebbles diamond
Words are like diamonds. Polish them too much, and all you get are pebbles. Bryce Courtenay
too-much week working-it
When you start working on a series, it's almost too much work. It's like a movie a week. Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa
too-much young knows
I know death comes. I've seen too much death, young death. Benazir Bhutto
too-much disaster
I am a PR disaster because I talk too much. Benedict Cumberbatch