"The ancient Greeks did not have to wrestle……" — Margaret Visser
"The ancient Greeks did not have to wrestle with the philosophical problem of the existence of evil. They did not claim their gods were good, just magnificent."
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9 Quotes by Margaret Visser
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Salt is the only rock directly consumed by man. It corrodes but preserves, desiccates but is wrested from the water.…
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Salt is the policeman of taste: it keeps the various flavors of a dish in order and restrains the stronger…
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Bread is for us a kind of successor to the motherly breast, and it has been over the centuries responsible…
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Our perception that we have 'no time' is one of the distinctive marks of modern Western culture.
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A meal can be thought of as a ritual and a work of art, with limits laid down, desires aroused…
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This is what is meant by "sacrifice", literally, the "making sacred" of an animal consumed for dinner. Yet sacrfice, because…
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Food-what is chosen from the possibilities available, how it is presented, how it is eaten, with whom and when, and…
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Food is "everyday"-it has to be, or we would not survive for long. But food is never just something to…
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No cause is left but the most ancient of all, the one, in fact, that from the beginning of our…
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The same thing which is now called Christian religion existed among the ancients. They have begun to call 'Christian' the…
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Because we can't escape our ancient hunger to live close to nature, we encircle the house with lawns and gardens,…
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In marriage there are no manners to keep up, and beneath the wildest accusations no real criticism. Each is familiar…
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Beauty is the disinterested one, without which the ancient world refused to understand itself, a word which both imperceptibly and…
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The number of stressors has multiplied exponentially: traffic, money, success, work/life balance, the economy, the environment, parenting, family conflict, relationships,…
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In English we must use adjectives to distinguish the different kinds of love for which the ancients had distinct names.
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The care of the Earth is our most ancient and most worthy, and after all our most pleasing responsibility. To…
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My own life in India, since I came to it in 1893 to make it my home, has been devoted…
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Academe, n.: An ancient school where morality and philosophy were taught. Academy, n.: A modern school where football is taught.
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