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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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• 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
• For a man to conquer himself is the first and noblest of all victories... The first and greatest victory is to conquer yourself; to be… All
• Knowledge is the rediscovering of our own insight. Insight
• It is as expedient that a wicked man be punished as that a sick man be cured by a physician; for all chastisement is a… All
• SOCRATES: Perhaps we may be wrong; if so, you in your wisdom should convince us that we are mistaken in preferring justice to injustice. THRASYMACHUS:… Already Convinced
• [Not enough is known about solid geometry] and for two reasons: in the first place, no government places value on it; this leads to a… Cannot Learn
• It gives me great pleasure to converse with the aged. They have been over the road that all of us must travel, and know where… Aged
• The worst form of injustice is pretended justice. Form
• He who is only an athlete is too crude, too vulgar, too much a savage. He who is a scholar only is too soft, to… Action
• Do not use compulsion, but let early education be rather a sort of amusement. Amusement
• Only those who do not seek power are qualified to hold it. Funny
• Only a philosopher's mind grows wings, since its memory always keeps it as close as possible to those realities by being close to which the… Always Keeps
• Love' is the name for our pursuit of wholeness, for our desire to be complete. Complete
• The philosopher whose dealings are with divine order himself acquires the characteristics of order and divinity. Acquires
• The essence of knowledge is self-knowledge, Essence
• Happiness springs from doing good and helping others. From

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