Mar 30, 2022 | Wednesday Quotes
“I must first know myself, as the Delphian inscription says…” Socrates, in Plato’s Phaedrus “But when he came to himself…” The Prodigal Son Today I received an email from a student. He shared with me a moment of self-discovery. In class he had seen...
Feb 2, 2022 | Man of the Household, Other / Misc, Wednesday Quotes
I shall reproach him because he attaches little importance to the most important things and greater importance to inferior things. Socrates, Plato’s Apology Trying to live a good life, you spend your days deliberating about hard questions. There is no way around this....
Dec 1, 2021 | Other / Misc, Wednesday Quotes
The difficulty, my friends, is not in avoiding death, but in avoiding unrighteousness; for that runs faster than death. I am old and move slowly, and the slower runner has overtaken me. Socrates, in Plato’s Apology Yesterday I was walking back to the house alone after...
Nov 3, 2021 | Man of the Household, Wednesday Quotes
“Well, you see, my property is enough to supply me with all my needs… Socrates, in Xenophon’s Estate Manager The wise help us to see better. By looking through their eyes, we learn to see things more as they are. One great fruit is that we can be more grateful....
Jun 13, 2018 | True Friendship, Wednesday Quotes
“…the unexamined life is not worth living.” Socrates in The Apology by Plato These words of Socrates are notoriously provocative. Perhaps they should provoke us. One implication of course is that an examined life is indeed worth living. But just what...
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