Ralph Waldo Emerson: Plato was synthesis of Europe and Asia , and a decidedly Oriental element pervades his philosophy, giving it a sunrise c

Plato was synthesis of Europe and Asia , and a decidedly Oriental element pervad — Ralph Waldo Emerson

Plato was synthesis of Europe and Asia , and a decidedly Oriental element pervades his philosophy, giving it a sunrise color.

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Never self-possessed, or prudent, love is all abandonment. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Heroism feels and never reasons and therefore is always right. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
You must read Plato . But you must hold him at arm's length and say, 'Plato, you — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Don't say things. What you are stands over you the while, and thunders so that I — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Der Philosoph legt sich – also selbst eine abstrakte Gestalt des entfremdeten Me — Karl Marx
Es ist das schönste Los einer physikalischen Theorie, wenn sie selbst zur Aufste — Albert Einstein
What is Plato, but Moses speaking in Attic Greek? — Plato
Spinoza is the originator of speculative philosophy, Schelling its restorer, Heg — Benedictus de Spinoza
It is hard upon the duckling to have been hatched by a hen, but is it not also h — Samuel Butler
Men will wrangle for religion; write for it; fight for it; die for it; anything — Charles Caleb Colton
“You will have less money.” Yes, and less trouble. “Less influence.” Yes, and le — Seneca
That life is long, which answers life's great end. — Edward Young