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Athena, Olympian goddess of wisdom, civilization, weaving, and war strategy; Coeus, Titan of the inquisitive mind, his name meaning "query" or "questioning". He is the grandfather of Apollo. Metis, the Titan associated most closely with wisdom and the mother of Athena, whose name in Ancient Greek described a combination of wisdom and cunning ...
Out of wisdom comes moderation University of New South Wales: Scientia Manu et Mente: Latin Knowledge by hand and mind University of Newcastle: I Look Ahead English The University of Notre Dame Australia: In principio erat Verbum: Latin In the beginning was the Word. (John 1:1) University of Queensland: Scientia ac Labore: Latin Through ...
To start the New Year right, Ramin Nazer, an artist based in Los Angeles, CA, can offer you some wisdom he has colorfully illustrated over the years. Most of Ramin's work revolves around personal ...
The Roman statesman Cicero (106–43 BC), in a passage from De Legibus which has been described as "clearly Stoic", [50] writes that "wisdom is the mother of all the virtuous arts ... for wisdom alone has taught us, among other things, the most difficult of all lessons, namely, to know ourselves". He goes on to explain that he who knows himself ...
Sometimes we are the student. Sometimes we are the master. And sometimes we are merely the lesson – Jacalyn Smith; Spare the rod and spoil the child; Speak as you find; Speak of the devil and he shall/is sure/will appear; Speak softly and carry a big stick; Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me
This type of wisdom is a transformation of the sixth consciousness, and is also known as the wisdom of specific knowledge or sublime investigation. [ 3 ] Kṛty-anuṣṭhāna-jñāna , the wisdom of "Accomplishing Activities", the awareness that "spontaneously carries out all that has to be done for the welfare of beings, manifesting itself in ...
To Socrates and his student Plato (c. 427–347 BCE), philosophy was literally the love of wisdom (philo-sophia). This permeates Plato's dialogues ; in The Republic the leaders of his proposed utopia are philosopher kings who, through education and contemplation, attain a deep understanding of justice and the Forms , and possess the courage to ...
Words of wisdom are transcribed onto the walls in a pseudo-relief style. Among the various excerpts, one finds phrases by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Paul Claudel, Simone Weil, Aristotle, and Montesquieu. [29] Blending drawing with text is a technique frequently used by the artist, and here, it is demonstrated brilliantly.