Socrates Quotes

...[B]y Observing Objects With My Eyes And Trying To Comprehend Them With Each Of My Other Senses I Might Blind My Soul Altogether... [like] When [people] Watch And Study An Eclipse Of The Sun; They Really Do Sometimes Injure Their Eyes, Unless They Study Its Reflection In Water Or Some Other Medium.

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