Freedom Is The Emancipation From The Arbitrary

The Tragedy Of Being Both Rational And Animal Seems To Consist In Having To Choose Between Duty And Desire Rather Than In Making Any Particular Choice

If Your Friend Wishes To Read Your 'plutarch's Lives,' 'shakespeare,' Or 'the Federalist Papers,' Tell Him Gently But Firmly, To Buy A Copy. You Will Lend Him Your Car Or Your Coat - But Your Books Are As Much A Part Of You As Your Head Or Your Heart.

In Aristotelian Terms, The Good Leader Must Have Ethos, Pathos And Logos. The Ethos Is His Moral Character, The Source Of His Ability To Persuade. The Pathos Is His Ability To Touch Feelings To Move People Emotionally. The Logos Is His Ability To Give Solid Reasons For An Action, To Move People Intellectually.

The Complexities Of Adult Life Get In The Way Of The Truth. The Great Philosophers Have Always Been Able To Clear Away The Complexities And See Simple Distinctions - Simple Once They Are Stated, Vastly Difficult Before. If We Are To Follow Them We Too Must Be Childishly Simple In Our Questions - And Maturely Wise In Our Replies.

It's Not How Many Books You Get Through, It's How Many Books Get Through You.