“Before the 3rd century you're having several philosophical schools still as a going concern. You have not only the Platonists and the Aristotelians but you have Scepticism, you have Stoicism, you even have a little bit of Epicureanism. And what happens after Plotinus is that everybody becomes a Neo-Platonist. So if we then go forward to the Islamic world for example, Plotinus is immensely influential, and Neo-Platonism becomes at least one major component of mainstream Islamic philosophy as well.” IfsWorldWellsLittlesStillsPhilosophyHappensSchoolBitsCenturyExampleMajorsLittle BitConcernPhilosophicalIslamicMainstreamStoicismComponentsInfluentialScepticismEpicureanism Author:Peter Adamson
“My philosophy with my career is mostly to just mix it up with a little bit of everything in moderation. And that's what makes my job so great, is that I get to constantly do different things, put on different hats, be different people, and mixing up the genre really lends itself to that.” PeopleLittlesDifferentPhilosophyJobsBitsCareersLittle BitGenreHatsDifferent ThingsModerationDifferent PeoplesMixingEverything In Moderation Author:Aimee Teegarden
“As I grew a little bit older and got interested in law, I read that Clarence Darrow didn't believe in the Bible either. So I read everything he had ever written, all of his trials, everything - to search out the philosophy of his disbelief.But I couldn't find it.” BelieveLittlesPhilosophyLawBitsWrittenGrewLittle BitTrialsIn-lawsDisbelief Author:Madalyn Murray O'Hair
“I think that's what we really need in America, for people to hear each other. And I think philosophy could do a little bit better on that.” PeopleThinkingNeedsLittlesPhilosophyAmericaBitsLittle Bit Author:Martha C. Nussbaum