The soul of man is divided into three parts, intelligence, reason, and passion. Intelligence and passion are possessed by other animals, but reason by man alone.

Τὴν δ᾽ ἀνθρώπου ψυχὴν διαιρεῖσθαι τριχῆ, εἴς τε νοῦν καὶ φρένας καὶ θυμόν.

Pythagoras

Quoted in The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers, by Diogenes Laërtius

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Man and animals Reason The soul Human nature

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Pythagoras

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Diogenes Laërtius

Source

The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers

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Presocratic fragment Fragment

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Philosophical literature

Language

Greek

Time

3rd century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Occupation

Philosopher

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Greece Europe Ancient Greece

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Pythagoras. Quoted in "Pythagoras," The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers by Diogenes Laërtius. 3rd BC, bk. 8, ch. 1, sect. 30.

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Do not speak ill of the dead.

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Quoted in The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers, by Diogenes Laërtius

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Chilon. Quoted in Lives of Eminent Philosophers. Written by Diogenes Laertius. 3rd century, bk. 1, sect. 70.

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Chilion. Quoted in "Chilion," Diogenes Laertius: Lives of Eminent Philosophers by Diogenes Laertius. Volume I. Translated by R. D. Hicks. Harvard UP, bk. 1, sect. 70.

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Greed, for lack of a better word, is good. Greed is right. Greed works. Greed clarifies, cuts through, and captures the essence of the evolutionary spirit. Greed, in all of its forms, greed for life, for money, for love, knowledge, has marked the upward surge of mankind.

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Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.

Jesus

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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Matthew 7:7).

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One soul dwelling in two bodies.

Aristotle

Quoted in The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers, by Diogenes Laërtius

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Aristotle

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The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers
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Language
Greek
Time
3rd century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
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Aristotle. Quoted in "Aristotle," The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers by Diogenes Laërtius. 3rd century BC, bk. 5, ch. 1, sect. 20.

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Diogenes Laertius: Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers by Diogenes Laërtius, Volume I. Translated by R. D. Hicks. Harvard UP, 1925, bk. 5, ch. 1, sect. 20.

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How simple and frugal a thing is happiness: a glass of wine, a roast chestnut, a wretched little brazier, the sound of the sea... All that is required to feel that here and now is happiness is a simple, frugal heart.

Nikos Kazantzakis

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1946 1940s 20th century
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Kazantzakis, Nikos. Βίος και Πολιτεία του Αλέξη Ζορμπά [Life and Times of Alexis Zorbas]. 1946, ch. 7.

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Kazantzakis, Nikos. Zorba the Greek, trans. Peter Bien. Simon & Schuster, 2014, ch. 7.