“Writing is the geometry of the soul.”
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Classical Greek philosopher
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“Writing is the geometry of the soul.”
“Calligraphy is a geometry of the soul which manifests itself physically.”
“A poet, you see, is a light thing, and winged and holy, and cannot compose before he gets inspiration and loses control of his senses and his reason has deserted him.”
“Bodily exercise, when compulsory, does no harm to the body; but knowledge which is acquired under compulsion obtains no hold on the mind.”
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“Poets utter great and wise things which they do not themselves understand.”
“Either we shall find what it is we are seeking or at least we shall free ourselves from the persuasion that we know what we do not know.”
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“Knowledge is the food of the soul.”
“Those who don't know must learn from those who do.”
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“Then we shan’t regard anyone as a lover of knowledge or wisdom who is fussy about what he studies…”
“Knowledge unqualified is knowledge simply of something learned.”
“And whenever any one informs us that he has found a man who knows all the arts, and all things else that anybody knows, and every single thing with a higher degree of accuracy than any other...”
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“but if you wish to get better training, you must do something more than that; you must consider not only what happens if a particular hypothesis is true, but also what happens if it is not t...”
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“A rhetorician is capable of speaking effectively against all comers, whatever the issue, and can consequently be more persuasive in front of crowds about… anything he likes.”
“O Solon, Solon, you Hellenes are but children. [...] There is no old doctrine handed down among you by ancient tradition nor any science which is hoary with age, and I will tell you the reas...”
“The soul takes nothing with her to the next world but her education and her culture. At the beginning of the journey to the next world, one's education and culture can either provide the gre...”
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“The most effective kind of education is that a child should play amongst lovely things.”
“The direction in which education starts a man will determine his future life”
“The soul of him who has education is whole and perfect and escapes the worst disease, but, if a man's education be neglected, he walks lamely through life and returns good for nothing to the...”
“Knowledge which is acquired under compulsion has no hold on the mind. Therefore do not use compulsion, but let early education be a sort of amusement; you will then be better able to discove...”
“It is the task of the enlightened not only to ascend to learning and to see the good but to be willing to descend again to those prisoners and to share their troubles and their honors, wheth...”