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~ Edith Hamilton Quotes ~
« on: May 28, 2014, 09:08:08 AM »
Edith Hamilton Quotes


An American educator and author who was "recognized as the greatest woman Classicist".
Edith Hamilton (12 August 1867 – 31 May 1963) was an American educator and author who was "recognized as the greatest woman Classicist". She was sixty-two years old when The Greek Way, her first book, was published in 1930. It was instantly successful, and is the earliest expression of her belief in "the calm lucidity of the Greek mind" and "that the great thinkers of Athens were unsurpassed in their mastery of truth and enlightenment".

Here are some famous quotes by Edith Hamilton.




Faith is not belief. Belief is passive. Faith is active.
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« Reply #1 on: May 28, 2014, 09:08:32 AM »
It is not hard work that is dreary; it is superficial work
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« Reply #2 on: May 28, 2014, 09:08:58 AM »
When faith is supported by facts or by logic it ceases to be faith.
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« Reply #3 on: May 28, 2014, 09:09:19 AM »
To be able to be caught up into the world of thought - that is being educated.
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« Reply #4 on: May 28, 2014, 09:09:40 AM »
When the freedom they wished for most was the freedom from responsibility then Athens ceased to be free and never was free again.
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« Reply #5 on: May 28, 2014, 09:10:00 AM »
The fundamental fact about the Greek was that he had to use his mind. The ancient priests had said 'Thus far and no farther. We set the limits of thought.' The Greek said 'All things are to be examined and called into question. There are no limits set on thought.'
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