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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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• The right question is usually more important than the right answer. Answer
• A man is not learned until he can read, write and swim. Inspirational
• This alone is to be feared: the closed mind, the sleeping imagination, the death of spirit. Alone
• People too smart to get involved in politics are doomed to live in societies run by people who aren't. Doomed
• You ought not attempt to cure the eyes without the head, or the head without the body, so neither ought you attempt to cure the… Attempt
• Man was not made for himself alone Alone
• Love is an intermediate state between possession and deprivation. Deprivation
• Life must be lived as play, playing certain games, making sacrifices, singing and dancing, and then a man will be able to propitiate the gods. Able
• All loves should be simply stepping stones to the love of God. So it was with me; and blessed be his name for his great… All
• Lord of Lords, grant us the good whether we pray for it or not, but evil keep from us, even though we pray for it. Evil
• The flute is not an instrument that has a good moral effect - it is too exciting. Effect
• All wars are fought for the sake of getting money. All
• Laws are partly formed for the sake of good men, in order to instruct them how they may live on friendly terms with one another,… Evil
• I fast for greater physical and mental efficiency Efficiency
• No attempt of curing the body should be made without curing the soul Attempt
• Love is a madness produced by an unsatisfiable rational desire to understand the ultimate truth about the world. Desire
• Give me a different set of mothers and I will give you a different world Different Set
• The soul of him who has education is whole and perfect and escapes the worst disease, but, if a man's education be neglected, he walks… Disease
• We ought to live sacrificing, and singing, and dancing... Dancing
• And what do you say of lovers of wine... they are glad of any pretext of drinking any wine Any
• If there is no contradictory impression, there is nothing to awaken reflection Awaken
• The true musician is attuned to a fairer harmony than that of the lyre... for he truly has in his own life a harmony of… Arranged
• Justice is having and doing what is one's own. Funny
• Democracy leads to anarchy, which is mob rule. Anarchy
• For all good and evil, whether in the body or in human nature, originates ... in the soul, and overflows from thence, as from the… All

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