Tuesday, March 04, 2008

Philosophy for Dummies by Tom Morris...

  1. A few nuts spice the cake.
  2. If wisdom be attainable, let us not only wi bt enjoy it.( Cicero)
  3. there is always wisdom under the shabby cloak. ( Caecillius Statius)
  4. the unexamined life is not worth living.( Socrate)
  5. the object of studying philosopy is to know one's ow mind, not other people's.
  6. people can die of mere imagination. (chaucer)
  7. the judgment of man is fallible. (Ovid)
  8. the aim of argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress. (joseph joubert)
  9. there are two sides to every question. ( Protagorus)
  10. wisdom is the perfect good of the human mind;philosophy is the love of wisdom and the endeavor to attain it.( Seneca)
  11. wisdom is to the soul what health is to the body. (La Rouchefoucauld)
  12. be wiser than other peope if you can ; but do not tell them so. (Lord Cheterfield)
  13. man is what he believes. (Anton Chekov)
  14. Beliefs+ Desires= Actions

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