Quote of Publilius Syrus - Art has a double face, of...
Biography - Publilius Syrus:
Latin writer
*Approximate years of birth and death.
Born: -85 - Died: -43
Period:
1st century BC
Place of birth: Syria
Born: -85 - Died: -43
Period:
1st century BC
Place of birth: Syria
Art has a double face, of expression and illusion, just like science has a double face: the reality of error and the phantom of truth.
See also...
Quotes about art:
The more I think about it the more I feel that there’s nothing more genuinely artistic than to love people.
I do not know what the spirit of a philosopher could more wish to be than a good dancer. For the dance is his ideal, also his fine art, finally also the only kind of piety he knows, his 'divine service.'
Quotes for: truth
To be able to discern what is true as true and what is false as false — this is the mark and character of intelligence.
Truth prevails only to the extent that we successfully assert it. The victory of reason can only be the victory of rational people.
Quotes about science:
The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.
Science means simply the aggregate of all the recipes that are always successful. All the rest is literature.
Publilius Syrus also said...
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