Tag "Philosophy"
JAMES, John Angell
JOHN ANGELL JAMES – English clergyman & author – AUTHOR QUOTE PAGE
ZENO of Citium
CitationContextSource LinkCitation “Better to trip with the feet than with the tongue.” ~Zeno of Citium, Greek philosopher Cited by Diogenes Laërtius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers (3rd century) trans. Robert Drew (R.D.) Hicks, Book VII, chapter 1, no. 26, Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1972 [first published 1925]; online via Perseus Digital Library, Tufts University, www.perseus.tufts.edu Context Extended excerpt [Cited by Diogenes Laërtius, an ancient historian of Greek philosophy & philosophers. None of Zeno’s work survived to the modern era.]: “When he was asked why he, though so austere, relaxed at a drinking-party, he said, “Lupins too are bitter, but when they are soaked become sweet.” Hecato too in the second book
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ZINN, Howard
CitationContextSource LinkCitation “History can suggest to us alternatives that we would never otherwise consider. It can both warn and inspire. It can warn us that it is possible for a whole nation to be brainwashed, for “enlightened” and “educated” people to commit genocide, for a “democratic” country to maintain slavery, for oppressed to turn into oppressors, for “socialism” to be tyrannical and “liberalism” to be imperialist, for whole peoples to be led to war like sheep. It can also show us that apparently powerless underlings can defeat their rulers, that men (for at least most moments of time) can live like brothers, that men can make incredible sacrifices on behalf
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FISHER, Dorothy Canfield
DOROTHY CANFIELD FISHER – Author Quotes
RAND, Ayn
AYN RAND – Russian-American author, philosopher & screenwriter – AUTHOR QUOTE PAGE