Nous/socratic Philosophy

Famous quotes containing the words nous and/or philosophy:

“Après nous le déluge.
[”After us, the flood.”]”
—Madame De Pompadour (1721–1764)

“I would love to meet a philosopher like Nietzsche on a train or boat and to talk with him all night. Incidentally, I don’t consider his philosophy long-lived. It is not so much persuasive as full of bravura.”
—Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (1860–1904)