For the mind does not require filling like a bottle, but rather, like wood, it only requires kindling to create in it an impulse to think independently and an ardent desire for the truth.


Moralia sect. 48c 'On Listening to Lectures'


For the mind does not require filling like a bottle, but rather, like wood, it only requires kindling to create in it an impulse to think...

For the mind does not require filling like a bottle, but rather, like wood, it only requires kindling to create in it an impulse to think...

For the mind does not require filling like a bottle, but rather, like wood, it only requires kindling to create in it an impulse to think...

For the mind does not require filling like a bottle, but rather, like wood, it only requires kindling to create in it an impulse to think...