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How could I vote 'No,' when the only thing I say I understand is the art of love? (τὰ ἐρωτικά) [14] I know virtually nothing, except a certain small subject – love (τῶν ἐρωτικῶν), although on this subject, I'm thought to be amazing (δεινός), better than anyone else, past or present. [15]
If you want to be loved, love: This is often attributed to the Roman philosopher Seneca, found in the sixth of his letters to Lucilius. si vis pacem, para bellum: if you want peace, prepare for war: From Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus, De Re Militari. Origin of the name parabellum for some ammunition and firearms, such as the Luger Parabellum.
Rather, madness and ignorance are subsets of a larger thing, which is the opposite of wisdom. Like various ailments are all opposites of health without being identical, so the opposites of wisdom are many, madness and ignorance among them, but also a form of "romanticism", megalópsūkhos in the original text (140c). [3]
British Peace: A euphemism for the British Empire. Adapted from Pax Romana: Pax Christi: Peace of Christ: Used as a wish before the Holy Communion in the Catholic Mass, also the name of the peace movement Pax Christi: pax Dei: peace of God: Used in the Peace and Truce of God movement in 10th-century France Pax Deorum: Peace of the gods
"I know one thing, that I know nothing" Socrates, paraphrased from Plato's Apology. Ἔνθεν μὲν Σκύλλη, ἑτέρωθι δὲ δῖα Χάρυβδις. Énthen mèn Skúllē, hetérōthi de dîa Khárubdis. "On one side lay Scylla and on the other divine Charybdis." [12]
Ignorance is bliss, according to Nicolas Philibert, director of BAFTA nominee “To Be and to Have” and Berlin best film winner “On the Adamant,” discussing his approach to documentary ...
A priori and a posteriori; A series and B series; Abductive reasoning; Ability; Absolute; Absolute time and space; Abstract and concrete; Adiaphora; Aesthetic emotions
emember "Rumplestiltskin"? An impish man offers to help a girl with the . impossible chore she's been tasked with: spinning heaps of straw into gold. It's a story that's likely to give independent women the jitters; living beholden to a demanding king and a conniving mythical creature is no one's idea of romance.