For they, the philosophers, were considered teachers of right living, which is far more excellent, since to speak well belongs only to a few, but to live well belongs to all.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Rightly defined philosophy is simply the love of wisdom.
Great teachers transcend ideology.
The best philosophers were not academics, but had another job, so their philosophy was not corrupted by careerism.
The best teachers are those who keep students motivated, challenged and flourishing.
The liberal professions, and in a wider sense the well-to-do classes, are certainly those with the liveliest taste for knowledge and the most active intellectual life.
Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those the art of living well.
Philosophy is best practised by people in general and not by philosophers alone. Philosophy is too often a luxury now, but in ancient Greece, carpenters, masons and beggars were the main practitioners. What I am trying to develop is a philosophical system where all the subjects can be taught.
There is only one thing a philosopher can be relied upon to do, and that is to contradict other philosophers.
Philosophers are people who do violence, but have no army at their disposal, and so subjugate the world by locking it into a system.
Versatility of education can be found in our best poetry, but the depth of mankind should be found in the philosopher.
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