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epigrammatist Classical Athens

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[Wikidata] 4th-century BCE Greek philosopher... | [Wikipedia] Plato was an ancient Greek philosopher of Classical Athens who is most commonly considered the foundational thinker of the Western philosophical tradition. An innovator of the literary dialogue and dialectic forms, Plato influenced all the major areas of theoretical philosophy and practical philosop

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• States are as the men, they grow out of human characters. Character
• Music is the movement of sound to reach the soul for the education of its virtue. Education
• Whatever deceives men seems to produce a magical enchantment. Deceives
• We ought to esteem it of the greatest importance that the fictions which children first hear should be adapted in the most perfect manner to… Adapted
• The democratic youth lives along day by day, gratifying the desire that occurs to him, at one time drinking and listening to the flute, at… Along
• Honesty is for the most par less profitable than dishonesty. Dishonesty
• There are three classes of men; lovers of wisdom, lovers of honor, and lovers of gain. Class
• No one ever teaches well who wants to teach, or governs well who wants to govern. Ever Teaches
• Let nobody speak mischief of anybody. Anybody
• Knowledge which is acquired under compulsion obtains no hold on the mind. Acquired
• I exhort you also to take part in the great combat, which is the combat of life, and greater than every other earthly conflict. Combat
• We ought to fly away from earth to heaven as quickly as we can; and to fly away is to become like God, as far… Become Holy
• Self conquest is the greatest of victories. Conquest
• No trace of slavery ought to mix with the studies of the freeborn man. No study, pursued under compulsion, remains rooted in the memory. Compulsion
• The wisest have the most authority. Authority
• The punishment which the wise suffer who refuse to take part in the government, is to live under the government of worse men. Government
• Pleasure is the greatest incentive to evil. Evil
• Philosophy is an elegant thing, if anyone modestly meddles with it; but if they are conversant with it more than is becoming, it corrupts them. Anyone
• Love is the joy of the good, the wonder of the wise, the amazement of the Gods. Amazement
• Excess generally causes reaction, and produces a change in the opposite direction, whether it be in the seasons, or in individuals, or in governments. Causes

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