Oct 26, 2016 | True Friendship, Wednesday Quotes
“I say that it is the greatest good for a man to discuss virtue every day…” Socrates, The Apology LifeCraft, “dedicated to the philosophy of household,” came to birth just over three years ago during my sabbatical from teaching. Since...
Dec 9, 2015 | Natural Steward, Wednesday Quotes
“It appears, I said, that as the eyes are designed to look up at the stars, so are the ears to hear harmonious motions…” Socrates in Plato’s Republic They normally escape notice in my morning glance in the mirror. Face shaved, hair (the increasingly lonely hold-outs)...
Oct 28, 2015 | Man of the Household, Wednesday Quotes
“They are inexperienced in pleasure and so are deceived when they compare pain to painlessness, just as they would be if they compared black to grey without having experienced white.” Socrates, in Plato’s Republic It is hard to imagine what it would be like never to...
Oct 21, 2015 | Man of the Household, Wednesday Quotes
“Come, then, let’s consider this: Is there some function of a soul that you couldn’t perform with anything else, for example, taking care of things, ruling, deliberating, and the like? Is there anything other than a soul to which you could rightly assign these..?”...
Dec 10, 2014 | Good Work, Wednesday Quotes
“It’s no easy task—indeed it’s very difficult—to realize that in every soul there is an instrument that is purified and rekindled by such subjects [liberal studies] when it has been blinded and destroyed by other ways of life, an instrument that is more important to...
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