Greek Mythology Quotes
5 quotes
Greek Mythology
Gods, Heroes, and Legends of Ancient Greece
5 Quotes
The owl of Minerva spreads its wings only with the falling of the dusk
— Preface, Philosophy of Right (1820)
To live alone one must be a beast or a god
— Politics, Book I, 1253a27
Whom the gods would destroy, they first make mad
— Fragment (attributed), commonly cited in classical literature
Man is by nature a political animal
— Politics, Book I, 1253a2
The beginning of wisdom is the definition of terms
— Attributed in Diogenes Laërtius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers