Shot of Philosophy

"it really matters who we admire, for celebrities influence our outlook, ideas and conduct. And bad heroes give glamour to flaws of character."

- Great Thinkers by The School of Life 

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"Beauty can educate our souls. Plato sees art as therapeutic: it is the duty of poets and painters (and, nowadays, novelists, television producers and designers) to help us lead good lives."

- Great Thinkers by The School of Life 

"In Plato's eyes, love is in essence a kind of education: you couldn't really love someone if you didn't want to be improved by them. Love should be two people trying to grow together- and helping each other to do so."

- Great Thinkers by The School of Life

"Plato proposed that our lives go wrong in large part because we almost never give ourselves time to think carefully about logically about our plans."

- The School of Life 

Eudaimonia: "The peculiar but fascinating Greek word is a little hard to translate. It almost means 'happiness; but is really closer to 'fulfillment," because 'happiness' suggests continuous chirpiness- whereas 'fulfillment' is more compatible with periods of great pain and suffering- which seem to be an unavoidable part even of a good life."

- Great Thinkers by The School of Life 

"... all the days of the past will come to your call: you can detain and inspect them at your will- something which the preoccupied have no time to do." 

- Seneca 

"Why do you linger? Why are you idle? If you don't grasp it first, it flees. And even if you do grasp it, it will still flee. So you must match time's swiftness with your speed in using it and you must drink quickly as though from a rapid stream that will not always flow."

- Seneca 

"The whole of the future lies in uncertainty: live immediately."

- Seneca 

"Meanwhile death will arrive, and you have no choice in making yourself available for that."

- Seneca