Greeks Quote by Martha Nussbaum Download Open image “Well, I'm trained as a classicist, so I like to read the Greeks and Romans.” — Martha Nussbaum ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.7 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Greeks Like Read Romans Well
I had always been an enthusiastic reader of stuff about ancient Greece. I would read Herodotus and Thucydides just for fun. — Steven Pressfield Copy Share Image
Contrary to many young Colleagues, I do believe that it makes sense to study the Classics. — Magnus Carlsen Copy Share Image
among the values of classical learning I estimate the Luxury of reading the Greek & Roman authors in all the beauties of their originals… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
As an undergraduate, I studied the Greek and Roman classics, and I went to graduate school in classics intending to work on the presentation… — Martha Nussbaum Copy Share Image
Few of the great works of ancient Greek literature are easy reading. — Gilbert Murray Copy Share Image
“You could, if so inclined, read more Greek texts in the original Greek than the most prestigious Greek nobleman of classical times.” — Kevin Kelly Copy Share Image
Anything based on ancient texts is difficult for a modern reader to get their head around. — Joanne Harris Copy Share Image
I get letters from college kids who have read Percy Jackson when they were younger who tell me, 'I just passed my Classics exam.'… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
I worked among many famous philosophers, and I tried to observe how they treated students. I knew which ones I wanted to be like,… — Martha Nussbaum Copy Share Image
All of us, whether we are ignorant of philosophy or professors of philosophy, find it easier to follow dogma than to think. — Martha Nussbaum Copy Share Image
I think Americans did learn that you just are not going to be able to live well if you subordinate people on the grounds… — Martha Nussbaum Copy Share Image
I wish a person with a record of competence such as Nitish Kumar would get a chance to lead India. — Martha Nussbaum Copy Share Image
When I was four I joined a group of girls who were talking about their party dresses. I thought they were imagining, so I… — Martha Nussbaum Copy Share Image
There were several men who had blazed the trail for talking about emotions in philosophy; otherwise my work would have had even more opposition… — Martha Nussbaum Copy Share Image
Emotions aren't just mindless urges; they contain thoughts about matters of importance. — Martha Nussbaum Copy Share Image
If you've been betrayed by a spouse or a partner, it's much easier to focus on causing that person pain than it is to… — Martha Nussbaum Copy Share Image
People - and I think this is particularly true of Americans - don't like to be passive. They like to seize control. — Martha Nussbaum Copy Share Image
Fear and monarchy pair nicely. But democracy means you have to work with people you may not like but you must still believe are… — Martha Nussbaum Copy Share Image
You have to connect your work to what people are doing. A good way is to construct a bridge between theory and practice -… — Martha Nussbaum Copy Share Image
For the Greeks, there was no single canonical version of creation, but a number of overlapping stories. — Neil MacGregor Copy Share Image
If you want to talk about cultural appropriation, we have to go back to the Greeks. — Frances McDormand Copy Share Image
I can play lots of nationalities: Greeks, South Americans, Arabs, all sorts. — Victor Banerjee Copy Share Image
“What could you possibly write at Gates of Hades?” Cadmus asked. “Keep your spirits up.” Lycon sheathed the dagger he’d used to chisel the… — Sulari Gentill Copy Share Image
The human eye has long fascinated lovers, artists and physicians. The ancient Greeks dissected eyes, but struggled to understand how they worked, unclear as… — Tim Birkhead Copy Share Image
“...Turn our thoughts, in the next place, to the characters of learned men. The priesthood have, in all ancient nations, nearly monopolized learning. Read… — John Adams Copy Share Image
Very few societies on Earth developed science as we know it today. On the other hand, the number is not zero - the Greeks,… — Seth Shostak Copy Share Image
While the willingness of the ancient Greeks to sacrifice their lives for glory brings tears to my eyes, I cannot ultimately condone the choice… — Tim O'Reilly Copy Share Image
Artificial creatures date back to the ancient Chinese and Greeks. Renaissance automata were designed primarily to entertain, reflecting the value placed on leisure. — Ken Goldberg Copy Share Image
“If I were asked under what sky the human mind has most fully developed some of its choicest gifts, has most deeply pondered over… — Max Müller Copy Share Image
I discovered that there is Indian blood in my ancestry on my father's side - a fact that had not been talked about in… — Diana Quick Copy Share Image
“To Judaism Christians ascribe the glory of having been the first religion to teach a pure monotheism. But monotheism existed long before the Jews… — John E. Remsburg Copy Share Image
