He used to teach that God is incorporeal, as Plato also asserted,
and that his providence extends over all the heavenly bodies.
-- Diogenes Laertius (c. 200 AD)
-- Aristotle, xiii
and that his providence extends over all the heavenly bodies.
-- Diogenes Laertius (c. 200 AD)
-- Aristotle, xiii
Related:
- He was once asked what a friend is, and his answer was,
"One soul abiding in two bodies." -- Diogenes Laertius... - The chief good he has defined to be the exercise of virtue in a perfect life.
Diogenes Laertius (c. 200 AD) -- Aristotle,... - Plato affirmed that the soul was immortal and clothed in many bodies
successively.
Diogenes Laertius (c. 200 AD) -- Plato,... - He used to define justice as "a virtue of the soul distributing that
which each person deserved."
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Diogenes Laertius (c. 200 AD) -- Aristotle,... - He used to say that personal beauty was a better introduction than any letter;
Diogenes Laertius (c. 200 AD) -- Aristotle,... - The Stoics also teach that God is unity, and that he is called Mind
and Fate and Jupiter,
and by many other names besides. -- Diogenes Laertius... - The apophthegm "Know thyself" is his.
-- Diogenes Laertius (c.
200 AD) -- Thales,... - Time is the image of eternity.
-- Diogenes Laertius (c.
200 AD) -- Plato,... - Another of his sayings was, that education was the best viaticum of old age.
Diogenes Laertius (c. 200 AD) -- Aristotle,...
