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magnis magnos clericos non sunt magis magnos sapientes - the greatest scholars are not the wisest men
"Since learned men have appeared, good men are lacking" - Seneca, epistle 95
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"Since learned men have appeared, good men are lacking" - Seneca, epistle 95
Liana✞
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More montaigne, "we labour only to fill the memory, and we leave the understanding and the conscience empty."
"We learn to say 'cicero so says, such is Plato's character, these are Aristotle's very words." But what do we ourselves say? What is our judgement? A parrot could speak as wisely"
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"We learn to say 'cicero so says, such is Plato's character, these are Aristotle's very words." But what do we ourselves say? What is our judgement? A parrot could speak as wisely"
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Montaigne, "but how it can be that a mind rich in the knowledge of so many things does not thereby become more alive and more awake"
"We readily ask ourselves 'does he know greek or Latin? Does he write in verse or prose?' but whether he has become better or more thoughtful - that is the principle thing, and that is left in the background. The enquiry should be, who is the best learned, not who is the most learned."
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"We readily ask ourselves 'does he know greek or Latin? Does he write in verse or prose?' but whether he has become better or more thoughtful - that is the principle thing, and that is left in the background. The enquiry should be, who is the best learned, not who is the most learned."