Christian Quote by Larry Hurtado

Socrates.- If all goes well, the time will come when one will take up the memorabilia of Socrates rather than the Bible as a…

— Friedrich Nietzsche

Philosophy is a proud, sullen detector of the poverty and misery of man. It may turn him from the world with a proud, sturdy…

— Richard Cecil

Philosophy is the love of wisdom: Christianity is the wisdom of love.

— Augustus William Hare

“First, anyone who seriously intends to become a philosopher must "once in his life" withdraw into himself and attempt, within himself, to overthrow and…

— Edmund Husserl

Just as treasures are uncovered from the earth, so virtue appears from good deeds, and wisdom appears from a pure and peaceful mind. To…

— Buddha

Galen's observations reflect one of the distinctive features of early Christianity. Roman-era religion was mainly about ritual actions vis-à-vis the gods, and there was…

— Larry Hurtado

[Christians] practiced moderation and chastity in marriage, for example, and Galen was puzzled at how they were able to do so. His comments are…

— Larry Hurtado

“Aristotle defined the virtues simply as the ways of behaving that are most conducive to happiness in life.”

— Jordan B. Peterson

“...only in the late 1100s and 1200s did scholars in Sicily and Spain translate Aristotle's greatest philosophical and scientific texts. These translations had an…

— William C Placher

The great virtue, I think, of studying Aristotle - and, more importantly, taking him seriously as a possible teacher - is that he presents…

— David Roochnik

Philosophy, rightly defined, is simply the love of wisdom.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

Not only virtue, but also insight, not only sanctity but also wisdom, are the duties and tasks of mankind.

— Otto Weininger