Greece/culture

Famous quotes containing the words greece and/or culture:

“It was modesty that invented the word “philosopher” in Greece and left the magnificent overweening presumption in calling oneself wise to the actors of the spirit—the modesty of such monsters of pride and sovereignty as Pythagoras, as Plato.”
—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)

“The second fundamental feature of culture is that all culture has an element of striving.”
—Johan Huizinga (1872–1945)