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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
freedom happiness secret
The secret to happiness is freedom... And the secret to freedom is courage. Thucydides
freedom led
Literature led me to freedom, not the other way round. Ismail Kadare
freedom merely
For you who no longer posses it, freedom is everything, for us who do, it is merely an illusion. Emile M. Cioran
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One of my greatest pleasures in motor racing is qualifying. You have loads of freedom from pushing a lap the whole way. I've always been very good in qualifying in the past; everything I've done, I've got pole positions. Bruno Senna
freedom public wisdom
Without freedom of thought, there can be no such thing as wisdom - and no such thing as public liberty without freedom of speech. Benjamin Franklin
freedom justice religion teaches truth value
In the end, religion teaches us to value truth, justice and freedom.
freedom liberty morality
Without Virtue there can be no liberty Benjamin Rush
freedom iraq iraqi members operation service supporting
The 2,000 service members killed in Iraq supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom is not a milestone,
freedom natural pens risk
We have a natural right to make use of our pens as of our tongues, at our peril, risk and hazard. Voltaire
means obama rookie
When Obama heralds another 'teachable moment,' it means he has already made an egregious rookie mistake. Tina Brown
meant
Well, I always say the law was meant to be interpreted in a lenient manner. And that's what I try to do, is sometimes I lean to one side of it, sometimes I lean to the other.
means songs taught
'Miss Saigon' taught me what it means to help carry a big show, and it had some of the most gorgeous songs wrote. Will Chase
mean picking polls virtually week
The polls mean virtually nothing, ... We're not tottering on the edge. Each week we're picking up momentum. Gary Bauer
mean patients serve
The patients are happier, and we can serve more patients. More patients mean more revenues.
meant met
And I haven't met too many actors along the way that haven't told me how much the show has meant to them. It's one of the reasons they say they are doing what they're doing, today. David Selby
means overseas passing takes
My representation overseas can't stand me doing theatre because it takes me out of action. But it's what I want to do. If it means passing up other possibilities, them's the breaks. David Wenham
means million plugging records stands
With Celine Dion, we were selling 25 million records a pop. 'Pop' stands for 'popular.' It means we're plugging into the masses. David Foster
means played slang
'Chamalkay' is an old Guyanese slang word. It means a 'young mischievous girl.' It's not derogatory, but it isn't over complimentary, either. It was probably a word I just Googled one day, and the song kind of played into the feel of that. Dev Hynes