We cannot seek or attain health, wealth, learning, justice or kindness in general. Action is always specific, concrete, individualized, unique.
More from Benjamin Jowett
Learn just enough of the subject [metaphysics] to enable your mind to get rid of it.
Permalink to quote #8 Jowett, in his day, did probably more than any other single man to let some fresh air into the exhausted atmosphere of the [Oxford] common rooms, and to widen …
Permalink to quote #10 We have sought truth, and sometimes perhaps found it. But have we had any fun?
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