A person is an individual substance of a rational nature.
Interpretation
This quote emphasizes the uniqueness and rationality of each individual person.
Boethius defines a person as a distinct being with a rational nature, highlighting the importance of individuality and intellect in human identity. This philosophical perspective prompts contemplation on what it means to be human and how rational thought distinguishes individuals within the larger context of existence.
In practice
This quote can be used in a philosophy class discussion about the nature of personhood.
And no renown can render you well-known:_x000D_ For if you think that fame can lengthen life _x000D_ By mortal famousness immortalized,_x000D_ The day will come that takes your fame as well,_x000D_ And there a second death for you awaits.
Man is so constituted that he then only excels other things when he knows himself.
He who has calmly reconciled his life to fate, and set proud death beneath his feet, can look fortune in the face, unbending both to good and bad; his countenance unconquered.
Every man must be content with that glory which he may have at home.
For in all adversity of fortune the worst sort of misery is to have been happy.
I who once wrote songs with keen delight am now by sorrow driven to take up melancholy measures. Wounded Muses tell me what I must write, and elegiac verses bathe my face with real tears. Not even terror could drive from me these faithful companions of my long journey. Poetry, which was once the glory of my happy and flourishing youth, is still my comfort in this misery of my old age.
For America, our interests are our values, and our values are our interests.
Africa should not again face isolation or stigmatisation based on ignorance and unrepresentative imagery.
There are no perfect human beings! Persons can be found who are good, very good indeed, in fact, great. There do in fact exist creators, seers, sages, saints, shakers, and movers...even if they are uncommon and do not come by the dozen. And yet these very same people can at times be boring, irritating, petulant, selfish, angry, or depressed. To avoid disillusionment with human nature, we must first give up our illusions about it.
What would be the use of immortality to a person who cannot use well a half an hour?
...we must first scrutinize thoroughly anything appearing in our hearts or any saying suggested to us. Has it come purified from the divine and heavenly fire of the Holy Spirit? Or does it lean toward Jewish superstition? Is its surface piety something which has come down from bloated worldly philosophy? We must examine this most carefully, doing as the apostle bids us: 'Do not believe in every spirit, but make sure to find out if spirits are from God'.
Everyone knows that when you look at a television ad, you do not expect to get information. You expect to see delusion and imagery.
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