“A philosopher as well as an artist. It is we who suffer most.”

Christopher Plummer - Bill

“- Jeremy: Friedrich Nietzsche! We cannot burn Friedrich Nietzsche; he was the most important thinker of 19th Century!
- Elsa: Nietzsche was a chauvinist pig, who was in love with his sister.
- Jeremy: He was not a chauvinist pig.
- Elsa: But he was in love with his sister.”

Tom Rooney - Jeremy
Amy Sloan - Elsa

“Although I've been a slave, I'm not acostumed to pain. Although a philosopher, I am weak.”
James Mason - Timonides

“Heidegger isn't all that hard. I mean, his stuff is mostly etymological. You know, like, why is there something rather than nothing at all.”
Diane Lane - Lauren

“If Plato is a fine red wine, then Aristotle is a dry martini.”
Eric Stoltz - Chet