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  • The scriptures, for example, discredit an ancient philosophy that has come back into vogue in our day-the philosophy of Korihor that there are no absolute moral standards, that "every man prospers according to his genius, and that every man conquers according to his strength; and whatsoever a man does is no crime" and "that when a man is dead, that is the end thereof".

  • One could say that what differentiates ancient from modern philosophy is the fact that, in ancient philosophy, it was not only Chrysippus or Epicurus who, just because they had developed a philosophical discourse, were considered philosophers. Rather, every person who lived according to the precepts of Chrysippus or Epicurus was every bit as much a philosopher as they.

    "La Philosophie comme manière de vivre: Entretiens avec Jeannie Carlier et Arnold I. Davidson" by Pierre Hadot, Jeannie Carlier, Arnold I. Davidson, Paris: Albin Michel, translated by Michael Chase, (p. 272), 2001.
  • At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst.

    Philosophy   Animal   Men  
  • Ancient philosophy proposed to mankind an art of living. By contrast, modern philosophy appears above all as the construction of a technical jargon reserved for specialists.

    Art   Philosophy   Jargon  
    "La Philosophie comme manière de vivre: Entretiens avec Jeannie Carlier et Arnold I. Davidson" by Pierre Hadot, Jeannie Carlier, Arnold I. Davidson, Paris: Albin Michel, translated by Michael Chase, (p. 272), 2001.
  • Those whose hearts are fixed on Reality itself deserve the title of Philosophers.

  • Death does not concern us, because as long as we exist, death is not here. And when it does come, we no longer exist.

    Life   Death   Wisdom  
  • PYRRHONISM- An ancient philosophy, named for its inventor. It consisted of an absolute disbelief in everything but Pyrrhonism. Its modern professors have added that.

    Ambrose Bierce (2016). “The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil World”, p.173, 谷月社
  • I don't need a friend who changes when I change and who nods when I nod; my shadow does that much better.

  • The gift of truth excels all other gifts.

  • The educated differ from the uneducated as much as the living from the dead.

    Life   Death   Education  
    Aristotle (2015). “The Aristotle Collection [50 Books]”, Catholic Way Publishing
  • The unexamined life is not worth living.

    In Plato 'Apology' 38a
  • The food we ate was Indian, and both my mother and father were very deep into the ancient philosophy of India, so it could well have been an Indian household.

  • ...for the object of education is to teach us to love beauty.

    Plato, Henry Desmond Pritchard Lee (1987). “The Republic”
  • Philosophy - reduced, as we have seen, to philosophical discourse - develops from this point on in a different atmosphere and environment from that of ancient philosophy. In modern university philosophy, philosophy is obviously no longer a way of life, or a form of life - unless it be the form of life of a professor of philosophy.

    "La Philosophie comme manière de vivre: Entretiens avec Jeannie Carlier et Arnold I. Davidson" by Pierre Hadot, Jeannie Carlier, Arnold I. Davidson, Paris: Albin Michel, translated by Michael Chase, (p. 271), 2001.
  • Beware the barrenness of a busy life.

    Life   Time   Simple  
  • I hope to bring ancient philosophy and new scientific thinking together, to provide a new perspective of nature, especially the relationship between nature and man.

    Nature   Philosophy   Men  
    "Conversation with Liu Dan". Interview with Jane DeBevoise, www.aaa-a.org. March 25, 2010.
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