Plotinus, when he thinks about mind or intellect, the Greek word is 'nous', he thinks about something that's very different, it's much more elevated ….
The importance of Plotinus is not only his own philosophical ideas which are quite interesting, but his historical impact as the founder of neo-Plato….
Before the 3rd century you're having several philosophical schools still as a going concern. You have not only the Platonists and the Aristotelians b….
Plotinus is usually called the Founder of Neo Platonism and what that means is that in this philosophical circle, he was founding a kind of renewed a….
All literature, all philosophical treatises, all the voices of antiquity are full of examples for imitation, which would all lie unseen in darkness w….
I have enormous respect for Derek Parfit, although he seems to me bound within an unfortunate philosophical tradition - rather like the extraordinari….
In the end, we learn about the most basic philosophical questions - like "How to live?" - from a broad mixture of sources, including literature and p….
Brevity is the best recommendation of speech, whether in a senator or an orator..
A pleasant natural environment is a good - a luxury good, philosophical good, a moral goody-good, a good time for all. Whatever, we want it. If we wa….
The excessive increase of anything causes a reaction in the opposite direction..
You remind me of the Siberian hunting spider, which adopts a highly convincing limp in three of its eight legs in order to attract its main prey, the….
Freedom is a man's natural power of doing what he pleases, so far as he is not prevented by force or law..
Orators are most vehement when their cause is weak..
The being who, for most men, is the source of the most lively, and even, be it said, to the shame of philosophical delights, the most lasting joys; t….
Every man is born as many men and dies as a single one..
Making itself intelligible is suicide for philosophy..
The sense of historical continuity, and a feeling for philosophical rectitude cannot, however, be compromised..
The ancient Greeks did not have to wrestle with the philosophical problem of the existence of evil. They did not claim their gods were good, just mag….
What one has, one ought to use: and whatever he does he should do with all his might..
What Descartes did was a good step. You have added much several ways, and especially in taking the colours of thin plates into philosophical consider….
To live happily is an inward power of the soul..