7 ideas
20947 | Thoughts are learnt through words, so language shows the limits and shape of our knowledge [Herder] |
20949 | Study the use of words, not their origins [Herder] |
7669 | We cannot attain all the ideals of every culture, so there cannot be a perfect life [Herder, by Berlin] |
5845 | Niceratus learnt the whole of Homer by heart, as a guide to goodness [Xenophon] |
6004 | The cardinal virtues are theoretical (based on knowledge), and others are 'non-theoretical' [Hecato, by Dorandi] |
7668 | Herder invented the idea of being rooted in (or cut off from) a home or a group [Herder, by Berlin] |
5833 | Education is the greatest of human goods [Xenophon] |