Instituto Eudemonía

The aim of knowledge is to divest the objective world that stands opposed to us of its strangeness, and, as the phrase is, to find ourselves at home in it. ––Hegel, The Science of Logic (parag. 194)

How much more advantageous it is to mirror oneself in others as in oneself! ––Goethe, Letter to Schiller

They found him there, delighting in his heart now, Plucking strong and clear on the lyre ... Achilles was lifting his spirits with it now, Singing the famous deeds of fighting heroes. ––Homer, Iliad 9, 223-228

Then the man who's going to be a fine and good guardian of the city for us will in his nature be philosophic, spirited, swift, and strong ––Plato, Republic II, 376c

It seems to belong to a prudent person to be able to deliberate nobly about things good and advantageous for himself, not in a partial way – e.g. the sorts of things conducive to health or strength – but about the things conducive to living well in general ––Aristotle, NE, VI, 5