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Edith Hamilton Quotes about Greek

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To rejoice in life, to find the world beautiful ... was a mark of the Greek spirit.

To rejoice in life, to find the world beautiful ... was a mark of the Greek spirit.

Edith Hamilton
Beautiful, Greek, World
Edith Hamilton (1987). “The Greek way ; The Roman way”, Random House Value Pub

Our word 'idiot' comes from the Greek name for the man who took no share in public matters.

Edith Hamilton
Men, Names, Greek
Edith Hamilton (1987). “The Greek way ; The Roman way”, Random House Value Pub

I came to the Greeks early, and I found answers in them. Greece's great men let all their acts turn on the immortality of the soul. We don't really act as if we believed in the soul's immortality and that's why we are where we are today.

Edith Hamilton
Men, Greek, Soul

They were the first Westerners. The spirit of the West, the modern spirit, is a Greek discovery; and the place of the Greeks is in the modern world.

Edith Hamilton
Discovery, Greek, World
Edith Hamilton (1987). “The Greek way ; The Roman way”, Random House Value Pub

To rejoice in life, to find the world beautiful and delightful to live in, was a mark of the Greek spirit which distinguished it from all that had gone before. It is a vital distinction.

Edith Hamilton
Beautiful, Greek, Gone
Edith Hamilton (1987). “The Greek way ; The Roman way”, Random House Value Pub

The fundamental facts about the Greek was that he had to use his mind. The ancient priest had said, "Thus far and no farther. We set the limits of thought." The Greeks said, All things are to be examined and called into question. There are no limits set on thought.

Edith Hamilton
Greek, Mind, Use

..,No love cannot leave where there is no trust..,~cupid and psyche..,"Greek mythology of Edith Hamilton

Edith Hamilton
Greek, No Trust, Hamilton

The Greeks were the first intellectualists. In a world where the irrational had played the chief role, they came forward as the protagonists of the mind.

Edith Hamilton
Greek, Mind, Firsts
Edith Hamilton (1987). “The Greek way ; The Roman way”, Random House Value Pub

The Greek temple is the creation, par excellence, of mind and spirit in equilibrium.

Edith Hamilton
Greek, Excellence, Mind
Edith Hamilton (1987). “The Greek way ; The Roman way”, Random House Value Pub

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