classical philosophy
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Know thyself.
Know thyself. Inscribed on the Temple of Apollo at Delphi. Chiseller Unknown.
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“Happiness is a virtuous activity of the soul.”
But what is happiness? If we consider what the function of man…
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“The unexamined life is not worth living”
According to Plato, said by Socrates in response to the guilty verdict…
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“Excellence is a habit”
Widely misattributed to Aristotle, the following quotation was, in fact, part of…
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The society which scorns excellence in plumbing…
“The society which scorns excellence in plumbing because plumbing is a humble…
