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These 75 famous and popular quotes by Epictetus continue to spark conversation among today’s students and followers of Stoic philosophy, as well as regular folks who just want some inspiration ...
This list compiles some of the most famous quotes by Aristotle and a few lesser-known ones, but equally as profound. ... Related: 55 Socrates Quotes on Philosophy, Education and Life.
ἀπὸ μηχανῆς Θεός. apò mēkhanês Theós. Deus ex machina. "God from the machine". The phrase originates from the way deity figures appeared in ancient Greek theaters, held high up by a machine, to solve a problem in the plot. "Ἀπὸ τοῦ ἡλίου μετάστηθι" — Diogenes the Cynic — in a 1763 painting by ...
Virtue ethics. Category. v. t. e. " The unexamined life is not worth living " is a famous dictum supposedly uttered by Socrates at his trial for impiety and corrupting youth, for which he was subsequently sentenced to death. The dictum is recorded in Plato's Apology (38a5–6) as ho dè anexétastos bíos ou biōtòs anthrṓpōi (ὁ δὲ ...
Plato (Greek: Πλάτων, Plátōn, from Ancient Greek: πλατύς, romanized:platys, lit. 'broad') is actually a nickname. Although it is a fact that the philosopher called himself Platon in his maturity, the origin of this name remains mysterious. Platon was a fairly common name (31 instances are known from Athens alone), [ 8 ] but the ...
t. e. René Descartes (/ deɪˈkɑːrt / day-KART or UK: / ˈdeɪkɑːrt / DAY-kart; French: [ʁəne dekaʁt] ⓘ; [note 3][11] 31 March 1596 – 11 February 1650) [12][13]: 58 was a French philosopher, scientist, and mathematician, widely considered a seminal figure in the emergence of modern philosophy and science. Mathematics was paramount ...
Socrates (/ ˈsɒkrətiːz /, [ 2 ] Greek: Σωκράτης; c.470 – 399 BC) was a Greek philosopher from Athens who is credited as the founder of Western philosophy [ 3 ] and as among the first moral philosophers of the ethical tradition of thought. An enigmatic figure, Socrates authored no texts and is known mainly through the posthumous ...
Aristotle[A] (Greek: Ἀριστοτέλης Aristotélēs; [B] 384–322 BC) was an Ancient Greek philosopher and polymath. His writings cover a broad range of subjects spanning the natural sciences, philosophy, linguistics, economics, politics, psychology, and the arts.