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““The prison-house is the world of sight, the light of the fire is the sun, and you will not misapprehend me if you interpret the journey upwards to be the ascent of the soul into the intellectual world according to my poor belief, which, at your desire, I have expressed—whether rightly or wrongly God knows.””
Republic • Plato“Beauty's voice speaks gently: it creeps only into the most awakened souls.”
Thus Spoke Zarathustra • F Nietzsche“ "Any large-scale human cooperation – whether a modern state, a medieval church, an ancient city or an archaic tribe – is rooted in common myths that exist only in people’s collective imagination.””
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind • Yuval Noah Harari“In the constitution of that rational animal I see no virtue which is opposed to justice, but I see a virtue which is opposed to love of pleasure, and that is temperance.”
Book VIII • Marcus Aurelius“The streets of London have their map, but our passions are uncharted. What are you going to meet if you turn this corner?”
Jacob's Room • Virginia Woolf