Plato: The safest general characterization of the European philosophical tradition is that it consists of a series of footnotes

The safest general characterization of the European philosophical tradition is t — Plato

The safest general characterization of the European philosophical tradition is that it consists of a series of footnotes to Plato.

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Parmenides : It is impossible to conceive of many without one. — Plato
Perception and knowledge could never be the same. — Plato
οὐκ εἰσὶν οἱ παμπλούσιοι ἀγαθοί — Plato
It is impossible to conceive of many without one. — Plato
He thinks like a philosopher, but governs like a king. — Jean-Jacques Rousseau
A whole from necessary substances is impossible. The whole, therefore, of substa — Immanuel Kant
All that had thus far counted as limit, as measuring determination, proved itsel — Friedrich Nietzsche
If the author of the romantic creed was Rousseau, its popularizer and vulgarizer — Jean-Jacques Rousseau
These actions are not essentially difficult; it is we ourselves that are soft an — Seneca
The real leader has no need to lead — he is content to point the way. — Henry Miller
Set thy whole desire on that whereof thou hast no hope, For thou hast come thus — Rumi
La pompe des enterrements regarde plus la vanité des vivants que l'honneur des m — François de La Rochefoucauld