The principles are important. First, the interest of the state or society counts for everything, that of the individual for nothing. Second,… — Plato Copy Share Image
The point which I should first wish to understand is whether the pious or holy is beloved by the gods because it… — Plato Copy Share Image
'That is the story. Do you think there is any way of making them believe it?' ' Not in the first generation',… — Plato Copy Share Image
They assembled together and dedicated these as the first-fruits of their love to Apollo in his Delphic temple, inscribing there those maxims… — Plato Copy Share Image
[Not enough is known about solid geometry] and for two reasons: in the first place, no government places value on it; this… — Plato Copy Share Image
And all knowledge, when separated from justice and virtue, is seen to be cunning and not wisdom; wherefore make this your first… — Plato Copy Share Image
The people always have some champion whom they set over them and nurse into greatness. ... This and no other is the… — Plato Copy Share Image
And first he will see the shadows best, next the reflections of men and other objects in the water, and then the… — Plato Copy Share Image
The cure of the part should not be attempted without treatment of the whole. No attempt should be made to cure the… — Plato Copy Share Image
For a man to conquer himself is the first and noblest of all victories... The first and greatest victory is to conquer… — Plato Copy Share Image
Is it not true that the clever rogue is like the runner who runs well for the first half of the course,… — Plato Copy Share Image
Shall we not, then, lay down a law, in the first place, that boys shall abstain altogether from wine till their eighteenth… — Plato Copy Share Image
All soul is immortal. For that which is always in movement is immortal; that which moves something else, and is moved by… — Plato Copy Share Image
You need some knowledge to recognize knowledge, so where does the first knowledge come from? — Plato Copy Share Image
Truth is the beginning of every good thing, both in heaven and on earth; and he who would be blessed and happy… — Plato Copy Share Image
Education and admonition commence in the first years of childhood, and last to the very end of life. — Plato Copy Share Image
He who advises a sick man, whose manner of life is prejudicial to health, is clearly bound first of all to change… — Plato Copy Share Image
Any one who has common sense will remember that the bewilderments of the eyes are of two kinds, and arise from two… — Plato Copy Share Image
What is better adapted than the festive use of wine in the first place to test and in the second place to… — Plato Copy Share Image
And the first step, as you know, is always what matters most, particularly when we are dealing with those who are young… — Plato Copy Share Image
Wherefore also these Kinds [elements] occupied different places even before the universe was organised and generated out of them. Before that time,… — Plato Copy Share Image
It is proper for every one to consider, in the case of all men, that he who has not been a servant… — Plato Copy Share Image
Each man is capable of doing one thing well. If he attempts several, he will fail to achieve distinction in any. — Plato Copy Share Image
You may be sure, dear Crito, that inaccurate language is not only in itself a mistake: it implants evil in men's souls. — Plato Copy Share Image
“If men learn this, it will implant forgetfulness in their souls; they will cease to exercise memory because they rely on that which is… — Plato Copy Share Image
Any city, however small, is in fact divided into two, one the city of the poor, the other of the rich; these are at… — Plato Copy Share Image
“The love of man to woman is a thing common and of course, and at first partakes more of instinct and passion than of… — Plato Copy Share Image
Strange times are these in which we live when old and young are taught in falsehood's school, and the one man that dares to… — Plato Copy Share Image
For let me tell you, that the more the pleasures of the body fade away, the greater to me is the pleasure and charm… — Plato Copy Share Image
“What shall we say about those spectators, then, who can see a plurality of beautiful things, but not beauty itself, and who are incapable… — Plato Copy Share Image
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