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But Plutarch said the mind is a fire to be kindled, not a vessel to be filled, right?

Like Plutarch said, the mind is a fire to be kindled, not a vessel to be filled.

Passion can be kindled, that's for certain, but after a certain point it must come from within.

Whatever the merits of this specific program, there’s a lot of potential cultural value to be kindled.

Your true creativity skills are kindled when your resources are constrained in all manners.

Still, I think that kindled an interest in programming, and I now hack away happily at personal projects.

It's a fantastic paleofuture read, and is one of the books that kindled my love for sci-fi and space exploration as a kid.

Interestingly, my love for Haskell was re-kindled today and I went to the site to download the latest platform.

Presumably in 80 years the Buddha's mind stopped being a fire being kindled?

As well as that I've kindled a love for Paradox' various grand strategy, my favourite of which is Crusader Kings 2.

Henchmen kindled the pyre close-pressed by the mob.

If a kid gets into MIT, gets into a fraternity, and doesn't have some sort of scientific yearning kindled in him, I really don't think sodium in the Charles is going to do it.

"God throws a few temper tantrums in the Old Testament." Clearly there are descriptions of God's kindled wrath that is admittedly frightful and overwhelming.

You've sparked two thoughts in me: 1) "I truly wish I could answer that question." - Having recently re-kindled an interest in space left dormant since childhood, I'm thinking this is the kind of thing I could happily dedicate my life to.

The short version I've heard is: "The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled." -Plutarch But upon some research, the context of the quote is even more interesting: "The correct analogy for the mind is not a vessel that needs filling, but wood that needs igniting — no more — and then it motivates one towards originality and instills the desire for truth.