Quotes on history

“It is not the perfect, but the imperfect, who have need of love.”

Topics: history, imperfect, love

“Wonder is the feeling of a philosopher, and philosophy begins in wonder.”

Topics: begins, feeling, history

“Man is the measure of all things.”

Topics: history, measure, plato

“The true creator is necessity, who is the mother of our invention.”

Topics: creator, history, invention

“The unexamined life is not worth living.”

Topics: history, life, living

“Democracy passes into despotism.”

Topics: democracy, despotism, history

“For our discussion is about no ordinary matter, but on the right way to conduct our lives.”

Topics: about, conduct, discussion

“For what should a man live, if not for the pleasures of discourse?”

Topics: discourse, history, lives

“Behold! human beings living in an underground den… Like ourselves… They see only their own shadows, or the shadows of one another, which the fire throws on the opposite wall of the cave.”

Topics: behold, beings, history

“I know that I do not know.”

Topics: history, knows, plato

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