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Aeschylus' popularity is evident in the praise that the comic playwright Aristophanes gives him in The Frogs, produced some 50 years after Aeschylus' death. Aeschylus appears as a character in the play and claims, at line 1022, that his Seven against Thebes "made everyone watching it to love being warlike". [ 50 ]
"(There is) learning in suffering/experience", or "Knowledge/knowing, or wisdom, or learning, through suffering." [26] Aeschylus, Agamemnon, 177 [27] The variant πάθος μάθος means "suffering is learning/learning is suffering." Πῆμα κακὸς γείτων, ὅσσον τ’ ἀγαθὸς μέγ’ ὄνειαρ. [28]
Sheppard quotes a segment of text from near the beginning of the parabasis: "But remember these men also, your own kinsmen, sire and son, Who have oftimes fought beside you, spilt their blood on many seas; Grant for that one fault the pardon which they crave you on their knees. You whom nature made for wisdom, let your vengeance fall to sleep;
Quoting the ancient Greek playwright Aeschylus, [Note 1] with whom he had become acquainted through his brother's widow, Jacqueline Kennedy, [15] Kennedy said, "Even in our sleep, pain which cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart until, in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom through the awful grace of God." [14]
45 Carl Jung Quotes on Life, Wisdom and Perspective. Morgan McMurrin. May 6, 2024 at 3:05 AM. Carl Jung. When it comes to quotes, there are millions out there.
Another popular theory held that the maxims were first spoken by the Delphic oracle, and therefore represented the wisdom of the god Apollo. [7] Clearchus of Soli , among others, attempted to reconcile the two accounts by claiming that Chilon, enquiring of the oracle what was best to be learnt, received the answer "know thyself", and ...
75 Best Stoic Quotes "You have power over your mind—not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.” - Marcus Aurelius “Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.”
These 75 quotes by Seneca capture some of his best works and offer plenty of wisdom for going through daily life. Related: 75 Epictetus Quotes on Life, Philosophy and Empowerment. 75 Seneca Quotes. 1.