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'Knowledge is the food of the soul.' ... “Truth is the beginning of every good to the gods, and of every good to man.” Related: 45 Carl Jung Quotes on Life, Wisdom and Perspective.
“As far as we can discern, the sole purpose of human existence is to kindle a light of meaning in the darkness of mere being.” Related: 50 Miyamoto Musashi Quotes on Life, Success and Perspective
Seneca Quotes "Life is long if you know how to use it." "True happiness is to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future." "It is the power of the mind to be unconquerable."
The following is a list of last words uttered by notable individuals during the 19th century (1801-1900). A typical entry will report information in the following order: Last word(s), name and short description, date of death, circumstances around their death (if applicable), and a reference.
The first English use of the expression "meaning of life" appears in Thomas Carlyle's Sartor Resartus (1833–1834), book II chapter IX, "The Everlasting Yea". [1]Our Life is compassed round with Necessity; yet is the meaning of Life itself no other than Freedom, than Voluntary Force: thus have we a warfare; in the beginning, especially, a hard-fought battle.
Both Eastern and Western cultural traditions ascribe special significance to words uttered at or near death, [4] but the form and content of reported last words may depend on cultural context. There is a tradition in Hindu and Buddhist cultures of an expectation of a meaningful farewell statement; Zen monks by long custom are expected to ...
3. “A great soul serves everyone all the time. A great soul never dies. It brings us together again and again.” — Maya Angelou 4. “Life is pleasant, death is peaceful.
In philosophy, Plato's epistemology is a theory of knowledge developed by the Greek philosopher Plato and his followers.. Platonic epistemology holds that knowledge of Platonic Ideas is innate, so that learning is the development of ideas buried deep in the soul, often under the midwife-like guidance of an interrogator.