#antiquity

The point of civilization is to be civilized; the purpose of action is to perpetuate society, for only in society can philosophy truly take place. ↗

— Iain Pears

#black-plague #christians #clement-vi #dream-of-scipio #gaul

It is an unscrupulous intellect that does not pay to antiquity its due reverence. ↗

— Desiderius Erasmus

#does #due #intellect #pay #reverence

For we can affirm with a good conscience that we have, after reading the Holy Scripture, applied ourselves and yet daily apply ourselves to the extent that the grace of the Lord permits to inquiry into and investigation of the consensus of the true and purer antiquity. ↗

— Martin Chemnitz

#after #antiquity #applied #apply #conscience

Therefore we examine with considerable diligence the consensus of the true, learned, and purer antiquity, and we love and praise the testimonies of the fathers which agree with the Scripture. ↗

— Martin Chemnitz

#antiquity #consensus #considerable #diligence #examine

If our titles recall the known myths of antiquity, we have used them again because they are the eternal symbols upon which we must fall back to express basic psychological ideas. ↗

— Mark Rothko

#antiquity #back #basic #because #eternal

Pride in boasting of family antiquity, makes duration stand for merit. ↗

— John Zimmerman

#boasting #duration #family #makes #merit

Fame is the inheritance not of the dead, but of the living. It is we who look back with lofty pride to the great names of antiquity. ↗

— William Hazlitt

#back #dead #fame #great #inheritance

The superior man acquaints himself with many sayings of antiquity and many deeds of the past, in order to strengthen his character thereby. ↗

— John Milton

#character #deeds #himself #his #man

This freedom of political discussion on the highest level is something which Western civilization has in common with that of classical antiquity, but with no other. ↗

— Christopher Dawson

#civilization #classical #common #discussion #freedom

Arles is certainly one of the most interesting towns I have ever seen, whether viewed as a place remarkable for the objects of antiquity it contains, or for the primitive manners of its inhabitants and its picturesque appearance. ↗

— Marguerite Gardiner

#appearance #certainly #contains #ever #i