Albert CamusWe refuse to despair of mankind. Without having the unreasonable ambition to save men, we still want to serve them.
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Plato was a philosopher that lived in ancient Greece. He was the founder of the Academy, the first university of ancient Greece. He translated his ideas into philosophy, science, art and mathematics. As a philosopher he believed that men are capable of becoming great, self-governed beings.
However, he also believed that people are not rational beings and can only be ruled by passion. He believed that reason is not something which belongs to man but to the Creator of man. These are some of his quotes : "Know thyself" "Men are ever desirous of avoiding what they don't understand." "Nothing human is foreign to me." "When we see a person suffering from hunger we should not say this person is unfortunate but we should say this person is hungry." "The greatest good you can do is to live as contentedly as possible and leave others as happy as possible." "It is clear that our nature is not perfect but we want it to be." "There is no such thing as an ungrateful child who is not grateful for what it has received but only an ungrateful or greedy one." "I am always with you and my love never fails." "It is better for human beings to suffer now and be happy than to suffer later and be miserable."
Source: The Plague
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