Athens/history

Famous quotes containing the words athens and/or history:

    “What is the city over the mountains
    Cracks and reforms and bursts in the violet air
    Falling towers
    Jerusalem Athens Alexandria
    Vienna London
    Unreal”
    —T.S. (Thomas Stearns)

    “The history of philosophy is to a great extent that of a certain clash of human temperaments.”
    —William James (1842–1910)