Knowledge of the past and of the places of the earth is the ornament and food of the mind of man.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Knowledge is the life of the mind.
A man acquainted with history may, in some respect, be said to have lived from the beginning of the world, and to have been making continual additions to his stock of knowledge in every century.
The pursuit of natural knowledge, the investigation of the world - mental and material - in which we live, is not a dull and spiritless affair: rather is it a voyage of adventure of the human mind, a holiday for reckless and imaginative souls.
And what, Socrates, is the food of the soul? Surely, I said, knowledge is the food of the soul.
The earth was made so various, that the mind Of desultory man, studious of change, And pleased with novelty, might be indulged.
Since Plato, we have been considering the nature of knowledge, the meaning of meaning and the status of the physical world.
Knowledge is the eye of desire and can become the pilot of the soul.
History's written from what can be found; what isn't saved is lost, sunken and rotted, eaten by earth.
Like the philosopher, the author views his task as one of establishing a clear connection between life and history, and of making the past bear fruit for the present and future.
There are in fact two things, science and opinion; the former begets knowledge, the later ignorance.
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