Browsing Quotes With Tag: education (128)
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A person who goes to a philosopher should carry away with him something or other of value every day; he should return home a sounder man or at least more capable of becoming one. And he will: for the power of philosophy is such that she helps not only those who devote themselves to her but also those who come into contact with her.
Speaker: SenecaPosted: 19 Aug 2008 at 7:47 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
I have no respect for any study whatsoever if its end is the making of money. Such studies are to me unworthy ones. They involve the putting out of skills to hire, and are only of value in so far as they may develop the mind without occupying it for long. Time should be spent on them only so long as one’s mental abilities are not up to dealing with higher things. They are our apprenticeship, not our real work.
Why ‘liberal studies’ are so called is obvious: it is because they are the ones considered worthy of a free man.Speaker: SenecaPosted: 19 Aug 2008 at 7:46 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
To win true freedom you must be a slave to philosophy.
Speaker: SenecaPosted: 19 Aug 2008 at 7:27 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
When a mind is impressionable and has none too firm a hold on what is right, it must be rescued from the crowd; it is so easy for it to go over to the majority.
Speaker: SenecaPosted: 19 Aug 2008 at 7:24 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
The truth is that if you want a well-governed state to be possible, you must find for your future rulers some way of life they like better than government.
Speaker: PlatoPosted: 19 Aug 2008 at 6:54 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
Whenever people arguing on the same theory do not reach the same conclusion, you may be sure that they do not know what they are talking about.
Speaker: HippocratesPosted: 19 Aug 2008 at 6:37 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
A flowing river cannot be so easily polluted as a standing pool. A full discourse washes away the scum of criticism, but the circle of a closed argument cannot so easily preserve its pristine purity.
Speaker: CiceroPosted: 19 Aug 2008 at 6:36 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.
Speaker: Will DurantPosted: 20 Mar 2008 at 8:12 AMComments: None... Be the first to comment!