Apr 13, 2016 | Man of the Household, On Education, Wednesday Quotes
“You should realize that if anyone is saved and becomes what he ought to be under our present constitutions, he has been saved—you might rightly say—by a divine dispensation.” Plato, Republic VI Considering what Plato thought about his own age, we wonder what he would...
Apr 20, 2016 | Man of the Household, On Education, Wednesday Quotes
“Then education is the craft concerned with doing this very thing, this turning around, and with how the soul can most easily and effectively be made to do it.” Plato, Republic VII There is a craft of living a good human life. Plato calls it justice. And there is a...
Apr 27, 2016 | On Education, True Friendship, Wednesday Quotes
“Aren’t these the reasons, Glaucon, that education in music and poetry is most important? First, because rhythm and harmony permeate the inner part of the soul more than anything else, affecting it most strongly and bringing it grace, so that if someone is...
May 11, 2016 | Man of the Household, On Education, Wednesday Quotes
“Such, then, I said are the kinds of stories that I think future guardians should and should not hear…” Plato, Republic III Few moments are as precious, for parents or for children. As my older children are leaving home, my mind goes back to those days…when all...
Jun 29, 2022 | On Education, Wednesday Quotes
“As for me,” said the little prince to himself, “if I had fifty-three minutes to spend as I liked, I should walk at my leisure toward a spring of fresh water.” Antoine de Saint-Exupery, The Little Prince A merchant is selling special pills—one pill will quench thirst...
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