QUOTES by Plato
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“The society we have described can never grow into a reality or see the light of day, and there will be no end to the troubles of states, or indeed, my dear Glaucon, of humanity itself, till philosophers become rulers in this world, or till those we now call kings and rulers really and truly become philosophers, and political power and philosophy thus come into the same hands.”
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“How could they see anything but the shadows if they were never allowed to move their heads?”
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“Knowledge which is acquired under compulsion has no hold on the mind. Therefore do not use compulsion, but let early education be a sort of amusement; you will then be better able to discover the child's natural bent.”
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“Either we shall find what it is we are seeking or at least we shall free ourselves from the persuasion that we know what we do not know.”
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“For to fear death, my friends, is only to think ourselves wise without really being wise, for it is to think that we know what we do not know. For no one knows whether death may not be the greatest good that can happen to man.”
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“The soul takes flight to the world that is invisible but there arriving she is sure of bliss and forever dwells in paradise.”
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“And so, when a person meets the half that is his very own, whatever his orientation, whether it's to young men or not, then something wonderful happens: the two are struck from their senses by love, by a sense of belonging to one another, and by desire, and they don't want to be separated from one another, not even for a moment.”
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“To be afraid of death is only another form of thinking that one is wise when one is not; it is to think that one knows what one does not know. No one knows with regard to death wheather it is not really the greatest blessing that can happen to man; but people dread it as though they were certain it is the greatest evil." -The Last Days of Socrates”
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“…if a man can be properly said to love something, it must be clear that he feels affection for it as a whole, and does not love part of it to the exclusion of the rest.”
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“For this feeling of wonder shows that you are a philosopher, since wonder is the only beginning of philosophy.”
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“I would teach children music, physics, and philosophy; but most importantly music, for the patterns in music and all the arts are the keys to learning”
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“A hero is born among a hundred, a wise man is found among a thousand, but an accomplished one might not be found even among a hundred thousand men. ”
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“There is in every one of us, even those who seem to be most moderate, a type of desire that is terrible, wild, and lawless.”
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“Love is born into every human being; it calls back the halves of our original nature together; it tries to make one out of two and heal the wound of human nature.”
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“I thought to myself: I am wiser than this man; neither of us probably knows anything that is really good, but he thinks he has knowledge, when he has not, while I, having no knowledge, do not think I have.”
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“The soul takes nothing with her to the next world but her education and her culture. At the beginning of the journey to the next world, one's education and culture can either provide the greatest assistance, or else act as the greatest burden, to the person who has just died.”
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“People are like dirt. They can either nourish you and help you grow as a person or they can stunt your growth and make you wilt and die.”
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“An empty vessel makes the loudest sound, so they that have the least wit are the greatest babblers.”
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“Musical innovation is full of danger to the State, for when modes of music change, the fundamental laws of the State always change with them.”
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“No man should bring children into the world who is unwilling to persevere to the end in their nature and education.”
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“Bodily exercise, when compulsory, does no harm to the body; but knowledge which is acquired under compulsion obtains no hold on the mind.”
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“Those who are able to see beyond the shadows and lies of their culture will never be understood, let alone believed, by the masses.”
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