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- I was afraid that by observing objects with my eyes and trying to comprehend them with each of my other senses I might blind my soul altogether.
- Socrates (469 BC - 399 BC), In "Phaedo," sct. 98, by Plato.
- When desire, having rejected reason and overpowered judgment which leads to right, is set in the direction of the pleasure which beauty can inspire . . .
- Socrates (469 BC - 399 BC), Quoted in: Plato, Phaedrus.
- Whenever, therefore, people are deceived and form opinions wide of the truth, it is clear that the error has slid into their minds through the medium of certain resemblances to that truth.
- Socrates (469 BC - 399 BC), Quoted in: Plato, Phaedrus, sct. 262.
- Living well and beautifully and justly are all one thing.
- Socrates (469 BC - 399 BC), Crito," (Plato)
- But already it is time to depart, for me to die, for you to go on living; which of us takes the better course, is concealed from anyone except God.
- Socrates (469 BC - 399 BC), Apology, (Plato)
- No man should bring children into the world who is unwilling to persevere to the end in their nature and education.
- Plato (427 BC - 347 BC)
- Just as it would be madness to settle on medical treatment for the body of a person by taking an opinion poll of the neighbors, so it is irrational to prescribe for the body politic by polling the opinions of the people at large.
- Plato (427 BC - 347 BC)
- Knowledge is true opinion.
- Plato (427 BC - 347 BC)
- Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws.
- Plato (427 BC - 347 BC)
- Justice will only exist where those not affected by injustice are filled with the same amount of indignation as those offended.
- Plato (427 BC - 347 BC)
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