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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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• A dog has the soul of a philosopher. Animal
• Wealth is well known to be a great comforter. Comforter
• The form of law which I propose would be as follows: In a state which is desirous of being saved from the greatest of all… All
• Any city, however small, is in fact divided into two, one the city of the poor, the other of the rich; these are at war… Any
• In order to seek one's own direction, one must simplify the mechanics of ordinary, everyday life. Direction
• The cause of all sins in every case lies in the person's excessive love of self. All
• Friends should have all things in common. All
• Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws. Act
• Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber. Dumber
• Atheism is a disease of the soul before it becomes an error of understanding. Atheism
• Better to be unborn than untaught, for ignorance is the root of all misfortune. All
• When men speak ill of thee, live so that nobody will believe them. Believe
• Thinking: the talking of the soul with itself. Inspirational
• When the mind is thinking it is talking to itself. Inspirational
• Let no one ignorant of Mathematics enter here. Enter
• He who can properly define and divide is to be considered a god. Considered
• The ludicrous state of solid geometry made me pass over this branch. Branch
• He is unworthy of the name of man who is ignorant of the fact that the diagonal of a square is incommensurable with its side. Diagonal
• Mathematics is like draughts in being suitable for the young, not too difficult, amusing, and without peril to the state. Amusing
• The knowledge of which geometry aims is the knowledge of the eternal. Aim
• I have hardly ever known a mathematician who was capable of reasoning. Capable
• There still remain three studies suitable for free man. Arithmetic is one of them. Arithmetic
• So their combinations with themselves and with each other give rise to endless complexities, which anyone who is to give a likely account of reality… Account
• The Earth is like one of those balls made of twelve pieces of skin. Balls
• I can show you that the art of calculation has to do with odd and even numbers in their numerical relations to themselves and to… Art

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