He was the most famous mathematician and inventor of ancient Greece. He was born in in Syracuse, Sicily, in 287 BC, where
he spent most of his life. He did, however, attend Euclid's school in Alexandria, Egypt, which was one of the biggest
cities of the time.
The translation of many of Archimedes' works in the sixteenth century contributed greatly to the spread of knowledge of
them, and influenced the work of the foremost mathematicians and physicists of the next century.
(287- 212 BC)
Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world.
~ Archimedes
Give me a place to stand on, and I will move the Earth.
~ Archimedes
Give me a place to stand, and a lever long enough, and I will move the world.
~ Archimedes
Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world.
~ Archimedes
The Greek philosopher and logician (one who studies logic or reason) Socrates was an important influence on Plato (427-347 B.C.E. ) and had a major effect on ancient philosophy. Socrates was famous for his method of argumentation and his works often made as many enemies as admirers within Athens. Cicero said that "Socrates brought down philosophy from the heavens to the earth." Socrates appears to have lived the humblest life. He bought the cheapest food and drink, had no shirt or shoes, and wore the same cloak summer and winter. But this gave him independence to do as he wished, and what he wished was to help himself and others come to greater knowledge and peace of mind.
(469 B.C.E. - c. 399 B.C.E.)
There is a wisdom of the head, and a wisdom of the heart.
~ Charles Dickens
Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.
~ George Bernard Shaw
You have your way. I have my way. As for the right way, the correct way, and the only way, it does not exist.
~ Friedrich NietzscheMore Proverbs
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