Books give a soul to the universe,
wings to the mind, flight to
the imagination, and life to
everything else.
-Plato
Plato On Books
Books give a soul
to the universe,
wings to the mind,
flight to the imagination,
and life to everything.
Plato
Man
Man: a being in search of meaning.
Plato
Thinking
Thinking: the
talking of the
soul with itself.
Plato
Plato
“Human behavior flows from three main sources: desire, emotion, and knowledge”
– Plato
Debate
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I gaze at the brilliant full moon. The same one, I think to myself, at
which Socrates, Aristotle, and Plato gazed. Suddenly, I imagine they
appear beside me.
I tell Socrates about the national debate over one’s right to die and
wonder at the constancy of the human condition.
I tell Plato that I live in the country that has come closest to Utopia
and I show him a copy of the Constitution.
I tell Aristotle that we have found many more than four basic elements
and I show him a periodic table.
Then I get a box of kitchen matches and strike one. They gasp with
wonder.
We spend the rest of the night lighting farts.
Anxiety
Nothing in the affairs
of humanity is worthy
of great anxiety.
Plato
Music
Music is a moral law. It gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and charm and gaiety to life and to everything.
Plato
Opinion
Opinion is the medium between
knowledge and ignorance.
Plato
Courage
Courage is a kind of salvation.
Plato
Man
Man – a being in search of meaning. — Plato
Courage
Courage is knowing not what to fear. — Plato
“Music is a moral…” – Plato
“Music is a moral law. It gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and charm and gaiety to life and to everything.”
– Plato
