...ever longing after the whole of things both divine and human. Most true, he replied. Then how can he who has magnificence of mind and is the spectator of all time and all existence, think much of human life? Or can such a one account death fearful? No indeed. Then the cowardly and...

...who have never learned to meditate. ' May we not say of the philosopher,' asks Plato, ' that he is a lover, not of a part of wisdom, but of the whole ? ' The philosopher, finding himself in an intellectual community where the interests are highly specialized,...

...who have never learned to meditate. " May we not say of the philosopher," asks Plato, " that he is a lover, not of a part of wisdom, but of the whole ? " The philosopher, finding himself in an intellectual community where the interests are highly specialized,...

...undergraduates, who have never learned to meditate. "May we not say of the philosopher," asks Plato, " that he is a lover, not of a part of wisdom, but of the whole ? " The philosopher, finding himself in an intellectual community where the interests are highly specialized,...

...meanness to a soul which is ever longing after the whole of things both divine and human. How can he who has magnificence of mind, and is the spectator of all time and all existence," think much of human life or account death fearful ? And for every man " virtue is the health and beauty...

...the worlds brings her round again to the same place." Such is the beatific vision, and "how can he who has magnificence of mind and is the spectator of all time and all existence think much of human life?" Surely he will value it only for this spiritual prospect which it promises...

...give higher ideals of life and living. But he who has enlarged his own soul with generous learning, who has a taste for every sort of knowledge, and is curious to learn, and is never satisfied, will necessarily lend a kindred spirit to those under his care. Let us say again that for broad learning...

...ever longing after the whole of things both divine and human. Most true, he replied. Then how can he who has magnificence of mind and is the spectator of all time and all existence, think much of human life ? He cannot. Or can such an one account death fearful ? No indeed. Then the...

...ever longing after the whole of things both divine and human. Most true, he replied. Then how can he who has magnificence of mind and is the spectator of all time and all existence, think much of human life? He cannot. Or can such an one account death fearful? No indeed. Then the...

...detail of the picture, as does that philosophical imagination, of which Plato asks, "Then how can he who has magnificence of mind and is the spectator of all time and all existence, think much of human life?"71 The mutations incidental to integration may also assume a revolutionary...