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15 sty 2023 · There’s a YouTube video called ‘Water Isn’t Wet’ in which the presenter discusses various definitions of — and positions on — water. They all have it that “water isn’t wet”.
Most English translators rely on the current edition of LSJ, which gives three definitions for μύωψ: first, as an adjective, it can mean ‘short-sighted’; second, as a noun, the word can mean ‘horse-fly, gadfly, Tabanus ’, a meaning found in Aeschylus’ Suppliant Women and Aristotle’s
4 paź 2024 · Water is the first principle of everything. As quoted in Aristotle, Metaphysics, 983b. Σοφώτατον χρόνος· ἀνευρίσκει γὰρ πάντα. Time is the wisest of all things that are; for it brings everything to light. As quoted in Diogenes Laërtius, The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers, I, 35. Οὔ τι τὰ πολλὰ ἔπη φρονίμην ἀπεφήνατο δόξαν.
The Ship of Fools. Anja Steinbauer explains why Plato had problems with democracy. A lovely boat lazily bobbing up and down on the water, going here and there and nowhere: A nice way of spending a summer Sunday afternoon. But would you really want all of your life to be like this?
28 lis 2023 · 100 Philosophical Quotes from History's Greatest Thinkers. “To live is to suffer, to survive is to find some meaning in the suffering.”. – Friedrich Nietzsche. “There is only one good, knowledge, and one evil, ignorance” – Socrates. “Hardship often prepares an ordinary person for an extraordinary destiny.”.
29 maj 2013 · Be Like Water: The Philosophy and Origin of Bruce Lee’s Famous Metaphor for Resilience. By Maria Popova. With his singular blend of physical prowess and metaphysical wisdom, coupled with his tragic untimely death, legendary Chinese-American martial artist, philosopher, and filmmaker Bruce Lee (November 27, 1940–July 20, 1973) is one of ...
264 quotes from Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel: 'Nothing great in the world was accomplished without passion.', 'We learn from history that we do not learn from history.', and 'To be independent of public opinion is the first formal condition of achieving anything great.'.
