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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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• Never discourage anyone who continually makes progress, no matter how slow... even if that someone is yourself! Advice
• The god of love lives in a state of need. It is a need. It is an urge. It is a homeostatic imbalance. Like hunger… Almost Impossible
• Don't quarrel with your parents even if you are on the right. Inspirational
• From all wild beasts, a child is the most difficult to handle. All
• He who wishes to serve his country must have not only the power to think, but the will to act Act
• Are these things good for any other reason except that they end in pleasure, and get rid of and avert pain? Are you looking to… Any
• Lack of activity destroys the good condition of every human being Activity
• The cure of the part should not be attempted without the cure of the whole. Attempted
• Health is a consumation of a love affair of all the organs of the body. Affair
• The tyranny imposed on the soul by anger, or fear, or lust, or pain, or envy, or desire, I generally call 'injustice.' Anger
• Discordance is evil. Harmony is virtue. Discordance
• Your dog is your only philosopher. Dog
• In order for man to succeed in life, God provided him with two means, education and physical activity. Not separately, one for the soul and… Activity
• Music is to the mind as air is to the body... Air
• Watch a man at play for an hour and you can learn more about him than in talking to him for a year. Him
• Take a look around, then, and see that none of the uninitiated are listening. Now by the uninitiated I mean the people who believe in… Action
• Music gives wings to the mind and flight to the imagination. Flight
• The good, of course, is always beautiful, and the beautiful never lacks proportion. Always Beautiful
• This world is indeed a living being endowed with a soul and intelligence ... a single visible living entity containing all other living entities, which… All
• Welcome out of the cave, my friend. It's a bit colder out here, but the stars are just beautiful. Beautiful

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