11 ideas
579 | Cratylus said you couldn't even step into the same river once [Cratylus, by Aristotle] |
7544 | Many people imagine that to experience is to understand [Goethe] |
578 | Cratylus decided speech was hopeless, and his only expression was the movement of a finger [Cratylus, by Aristotle] |
7541 | Man never understands how anthropomorphic he is [Goethe] |
7543 | We gain self-knowledge through action, not thought - especially when doing our duty [Goethe] |
7540 | Beauty is a manifestation of secret natural laws [Goethe] |
22022 | Beauty motivates morality, by harmonising feeling and reason [Schiller, by Pinkard] |
7538 | The happiest people link the beginning and end of life [Goethe] |
7542 | The best form of government teaches us to govern ourselves [Goethe] |
7675 | Schiller speaks obsessively of freedom throughout his works [Schiller, by Berlin] |
7539 | To get duties from people without rights, you must pay them well [Goethe] |