Needs Quote by Robert M. Pirsig

“Between the lines Phaedrus read no doubts, no sense of awe, only the eternal smugness of the professional academician.”

— Robert M. Pirsig

“The question up for debate between Socrates and Phaedrus is whether the written word kills memory or aids it--whether it cripples the mind's power,…

— Maggie Nelson

“The phaenomena afforded by trades, are a part of the history of nature, and therefore may both challenge the naturalist's curiosity and add to…

— Robert Boyle

“Pharmakon means drug, but as Jacques Derrida and others have pointed out, the word in Greek famously refuses to designate whether poison or cure.…

— Maggie Nelson

O Athenians, what toil do I undergo to please you!

— Alexander the Great

In the Phaedrus, Plato argued that the new arrival of writing would revolutionize culture for the worst. He suggested that it would substitute reminiscence…

— Marshall McLuhan

Plutus himself, That knows the tinct and multiplying med'cine, Hath not in nature's mystery more science Than I have in this ring.

— William Shakespeare

In the Phaedrus, Plato argued that the new arrival of writing would revolutionize culture for the worst. He suggested that it would substitute reminiscence…

— Marshall McLuhan

Half of these aren't even Machiavelli. Some are Plato, Thucydides etc…doesnt anyone check these?

— Niccolo Machiavelli

“You read any Greek myths, puppy? The one about the gorgon Medusa, particularly? I used to wonder what could be so terrible that you…

— Mike Carey & Peter Gross

“Aurum, argentum, gemmae, purpurea vestis, marmorea domus, cultus ager, pietae tabulae, phaleratus sonipes, caeteraque id genus mutam habent et superficiariam voluptatem: libri medullitus delectant,…

— Petrarch

Thanks for contributing. It's helped me understand the isesus.

— Carlynda