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“He who tries to flee from God takes refuge in himself.”

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Philo, a Greek philosopher born in 25 BC and died in 50 AD, is one of the important representatives of Stoic philosophy. He is renowned for his profound research and exposition of Stoic philosophy. more

“It would be a sign of great simplicity to think that the world was created in six days, or indeed at all in time; [...] Time is a thing posterior to the world. Therefore it would be correctly said that the world was not created in time, but that time had its existence in consequence of the world. For it is the motion of the heaven that has displayed the nature of time.”

Thinking World Said Would Be Heaven Existence Six Consequence Simplicity

Author:Philo

“Philo of Alexandria introduced in the first century what has been described as the 'Hellenizing of the Old Testament,' or the allegorical method of exegesis. By this, as Erdmann observes, the Bible narrative was found to contain a deeper, and particularly an allegorical interpretation, in addition to its literal interpretation; this was not conscious disingenuousness but a natural mode of amalgamating the Greek philosophic with the Hebraic doctrines.”

Firsts Has Beens Found Natural Century Conscious Method Deeper Doctrine Narrative Greek Interpretation Testament Literal Old Testament Philosophic Alexandria Exegesis

Author:Philo

“Direct me gods, whose changes are all holy, To where it flickers deep in grass, the moly.”

Holy Direct Grass Flicker

Book:Selected Poems of Thom Gunn

Source: Selected Poems of Thom Gunn

“Thus for each blunt-faced ignorant one The great grey rigid uniform combined Safety with virtue of the sun. Thus concepts linked like chainmail in the mind.”

Mind Sun Virtue Concepts Safety Ignorant Uniforms Grey Linked Blunt

Book:Selected Poems of Thom Gunn

Source: Selected Poems of Thom Gunn

“One joins the movement in a valueless world, Choosing it, till both hurler and the hurled, One moves as well, always toward, toward.”

World Wells Moving Movement Valueless

Book:The Sense of Movement

Source: The Sense of Movement

“People say to me, "You make fantastic films" and I say, "No, I make documentaries.”

People Film Fantastic Documentaries

Author:Derek Jarman

“On December 22, 1986, finding I was body positive, I set myself a target: I would disclose my secret and survive Margaret Thatcher. I did. Now I have set my sights on the millennium and a world where we are all equal.”

World Body Secret Equal Findings Sight Target December Millennium

Author:Derek Jarman

“Perhaps we'd understood each other too well to be attracted to one another. There were no occlusions in communication, those breaks in understanding that awaken desire.”

Wells Desire Understanding Break Communication Understood

Book:States of Desire Revisited: Travels in Gay America

Source: States of Desire Revisited: Travels in Gay America

“Being up on something is a way of dismissing it. To espouse any point of view is a danger - it might leave us stuck with last year's cause. Prized for their novelty alone, ideas, gimmicks, trends become equivalent, interchangeable.”

Way Years Ideas Might Lasts Causes Views Danger Point Of View Stuck Trends Last Year Novelty Gimmicks

Book:States of Desire Revisited: Travels in Gay America

Source: States of Desire Revisited: Travels in Gay America

“Do we regard language as more public, more ceremonial, than thought? Just as family men condemn the profanity on the stage that they use constantly in conversation, in the same way we may look to written language as an idealization rather than a reflection of ourselves.”

Men Way Looks May Use Language Written Stage Conversation Reflection Regard Profanity Family Man Written Language

Book:States of Desire Revisited: Travels in Gay America

Source: States of Desire Revisited: Travels in Gay America

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