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> [“There Pericles says that the essence of the Athenian democracy is that any citizen, regardless of class or profession, should be able to take over any governmental office and execute it properly and wisely with the good of his fellow…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-mcevilley/there-pericles-says-that-the-essence-of-the-athenian-democracy-is/)

[Thomas McEvilley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-mcevilley/)

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## More by Thomas McEvilley

> [It is ... possible to read Plato as if he were only discussing reason and not mystical intuition in his writings but ... in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-mcevilley/it-is-possible-to-read-plato-as-if-he-were-only-discussing-reason-and/)

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> [Many modern scholars have found the asceticism expressed in Plato unacceptable; it does not sound like the advice of a reasonable man in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-mcevilley/many-modern-scholars-have-found-the-asceticism-expressed-in-plato/)

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> [Art's primary social function is to define the communal self, which includes redefining it when the community is changing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-mcevilley/art-s-primary-social-function-is-to-define-the-communal-self-which/)

[Thomas McEvilley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-mcevilley/)

> [Plato feels that ethical abstinences and austerities are essential preconditions for the cleansing and opening of the eye of the soul.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-mcevilley/plato-feels-that-ethical-abstinences-and-austerities-are-essential/)

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> [In the Republic Plato presents a theory of personality. ... He speaks of three faculties, the appetitive, the ambitious, and the rational. ... The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-mcevilley/in-the-republic-plato-presents-a-theory-of-personality-he-speaks-of/)

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> [“The European reception of Greek philosophy has been dominated by a model in which Plato and Aristotle are seen as the centers and others…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-mcevilley/the-european-reception-of-greek-philosophy-has-been-dominated-by-a/)

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> [Plato rarely if ever states anything about himself clearly.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-mcevilley/plato-rarely-if-ever-states-anything-about-himself-clearly/)

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> [“Lyotard remarked that post-Modern artists often function as philosophers. They may deal with issues of metaphysics, epistemology, and ethics, as many influential critics today…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-mcevilley/lyotard-remarked-that-post-modern-artists-often-function-as/)

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> [“There Pericles says that the essence of the Athenian democracy is that any citizen, regardless of class or profession, should be able to take…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-mcevilley/there-pericles-says-that-the-essence-of-the-athenian-democracy-is/)

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> [To Plato the desire for excessive and special foods ... is a hindrance to the soul's attainment of intelligence.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-mcevilley/to-plato-the-desire-for-excessive-and-special-foods-is-a-hindrance-to/)

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