For they, the philosophers, were considered teachers of right living, which is far more excellent, since to speak well belongs only to a few, but to live well belongs to all.
Interpretation
Philosophers focus on teaching how to live a virtuous life, which is accessible to everyone, unlike speaking eloquently.
This quote highlights the significance of living a good life as a fundamental teaching of philosophers, contrasting it with the notion that only a select few can express themselves eloquently. It suggests that the essence of philosophy lies not merely in the articulation of ideas but in the practical application of those ideas in daily living, emphasizing that a well-lived life is a pursuit available to all individuals.
In practice
In a graduation speech about the importance of ethics and morality in life choices.
For when God forbids us to kill, he not only prohibits us from open violence, which is not even allowed by the public laws, but he warns us against the commission of those beings which are esteemed lawful among men....Therefore, with regard to this precept of God, there ought to be no exception at all, but that it is always unlawful to put to death a man, whom God willed to be a sacred animal.
The history of free men is never really written by chance but by choice; their choice!
There are no souls in the world that are so fearful to judge others as those that do most judge themselves, nor so careful to make a righteous judgment of men or things as those that are most careful to judge themselves.
I can see where creation often stops while the body still lives and often does not care to. the death of life before life dies.
The goal of life is not to possess power but to radiate it.
It is really not so repulsive to see the poor asking for money as to see the rich asking for more money. And advertisement is the rich asking for more money.
I learned that realism can come in all shapes and sizes. The world is big enough for different values to coexist.
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