“The love of man to woman is a thing common and of course, and at first partakes more of instinct and passion… — Plato Copy Share Image
To him who disgraces his family life is no life, and to such a person there is no one a friend, neither… — Plato Copy Share Image
“...for the interests of rulers require that their subjects should be poor in spirit, and that there should be no strong bond… — Plato Copy Share Image
Remember how in that communion only, beholding beauty with the eye of the mind, he will be enabled to bring forth, not… — Plato Copy Share Image
You are mistaken, my friend, if you think that a man who is worth anything ought to spend his time weighing up… — Plato Copy Share Image
When anything is in the presence of evil, but is not as yet evil, the presence of good arouses the desire of… — Plato Copy Share Image
What if the man could see Beauty Itself, pure, unalloyed, stripped of mortality, and all its pollution, stains, and vanities, unchanging, divine,...… — Plato Copy Share Image
Welcome out of the cave, my friend. It's a bit colder out here, but the stars are just beautiful. — Plato Copy Share Image
“what if the man could see Beauty Itself, pure, unalloyed, stripped of mortality, and all its pollution, stains, and vanities, unchanging, divine,...the… — Plato Copy Share Image
Homosexuality is regarded as shameful by barbarians and by those who live under despotic governments just as philosophy is regarded as shameful… — Plato Copy Share Image
Many men are loved by their enemies, and hated by their friends, and are the friends of their enemies, and the enemies… — Plato Copy Share Image
If you are wise, all men will be your friends and kindred, for you will be useful. — Plato Copy Share Image
That makes me think, my friend, as I have often done before, how natural it is that those who have spent a… — Plato Copy Share Image
“Beholding beauty with the eye of the mind, he will be enabled to bring forth, not images of beauty, but realities (for… — Plato Copy Share Image
“It is no good for rulers if the people they rule cherish ambitions for themselves or form strong bonds of friendship with… — Plato Copy Share Image
The good are like one another, and friends to one another; and ... the bad, as is often said of them, are… — Plato Copy Share Image
My good friend, you are a citizen of Athens, a city which is very great and very famous for its wisdom and… — Plato Copy Share Image
Of all the Gods, Love is the best friend of humankind, the helper and healer of all ills that stand in the… — Plato Copy Share Image
The like is not the friend of the like in as far as he is like; still the good may be the… — Plato Copy Share Image
And when one of them meets the other half, the actual half of himself, whether he be a lover of youth or… — 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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