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plato common-sense may
Aristotle's metaphysics, roughly speaking, may be described as Plato diluted by common sense. He is difficult because Plato and common sense do not mix easily. Bertrand Russell
plato emotional ideas
In spreading his ideas, Plato was willing to employ emotional appeals, state propaganda, and the use of force.
plato arguing argument
Plato has dramatic strength ... but is quite unaware of the strength of the argument against his position ... and allows himself to be grossly unfair in arguing against it.
plato long greek
Aristotle and Plato considered Greeks so innately superior to barbarians that slavery is justified so long as the master is Greek and the slave barbarian.
plato should-have people
That Plato's Republic should have been admired, on its political side, by decent people, is perhaps the most astonishing example of literary snobbery in all history.
plato purpose world
The atomists , unlike Socrates , Plato , and Aristotle , sought to explain the world without introducing the notion of purpose or final cause.
plato two preparation
Certain characteristics of the subject are clear. To begin with, we do not in this subject deal with particular things or particular properties: we deal formally with what can be said about any thing or any property. We are prepared to say that one and one are two, but not that Socrates and Plato are two.
plato ignorance opinion
Opinion is the medium between knowledge and ignorance. Plato
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
history ordinary religion rightly shop
Ordinary Kenyans rightly want to be able to shop safely, and there is a long history of them doing just that, irrespective of their religion or that of the shop owner. Giles Foden
history interested period work
It's interesting because I haven't done a lot of period work in the past, but I always wanted to because I'm interested in history. Colm Meaney
history references reverent sports support toward
I'm reverent toward my sources. History is a team sport, and references are how you support your teammates. Rick Perlstein
history philosophy reading
My reading of philosophy and history is desultory; I know so much and yet so little. F. Sionil Jose
history conflict tendencies
Many scholars have complained of our tendency to see history only in conflicts, but I am not convinced they are right. It is in conflict that our values are exposed. Bernard Beckett
history comparison
Between truth and the search for it, I choose the second. Bernard Berenson
history events rich
History is only time furnished with dates and rich with events. Antoine Rivarol
history interested kids might stay
We have two boys, and one of our kids is much more interested in history and stories, so if you want him to do some calculations about lenses, you would start talking to him about Galileo... Then he would be into the lenses, but if you just start talking to him about lenses, he might not stay with you. Megan Smith
history interested life obviously
I've always been interested in intellectual history and in psychology, and anxiety is obviously something that's been a big part of my life. Scott Stossel
secrets
As an actor, secrets and obstacles fuel the character. Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
secret brad paisley
Brad Paisley has always been really great to me, and that's no secret. Carrie Underwood
secret looks old-and-new
Science ... looks skeptically at all claims to knowledge, old and new. It teaches not blind obedience to those in authority but to vigorous debate, and in many respects that's the secret of its success. Carl Sagan
secretly teacher work
I'm a goody-goody. I'm the person who sits in the back row, makes fun of the teacher, and secretly does the extra-credit work. Patricia Marx
secret subject
To know everything there is to know about one subject is the secret of happiness. Theodore White
secretly whatever
A lot of us are secretly scared, for whatever reason, and so we get in our own way. But if you really want something, you have to ask for it.
secrets theft tolerate
will not tolerate the theft of our secrets. Bill Richardson
secret
I don't think it's a big secret that he'll be leaving. Brandon Roy
secret special
I think it's a better-kept secret than the Special Forces.