12 ideas
7544 | Many people imagine that to experience is to understand [Goethe] |
7541 | Man never understands how anthropomorphic he is [Goethe] |
7543 | We gain self-knowledge through action, not thought - especially when doing our duty [Goethe] |
20949 | Study the use of words, not their origins [Herder] |
7540 | Beauty is a manifestation of secret natural laws [Goethe] |
7669 | We cannot attain all the ideals of every culture, so there cannot be a perfect life [Herder, by Berlin] |
7538 | The happiest people link the beginning and end of life [Goethe] |
7542 | The best form of government teaches us to govern ourselves [Goethe] |
7668 | Herder invented the idea of being rooted in (or cut off from) a home or a group [Herder, by Berlin] |
7539 | To get duties from people without rights, you must pay them well [Goethe] |
13304 | Learned men gain more in one day than others do in a lifetime [Posidonius] |
20820 | Time is an interval of motion, or the measure of speed [Posidonius, by Stobaeus] |