Tag: Plato
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We do not learn; and what we call learning is only a process of recollection.
Plato
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Thinking: the talking of the soul with itself.
Plato
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One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.
Plato
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The blame is his who chooses: God is blameless.
Plato
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Tyranny naturally arises out of democracy.
Plato
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And what, Socrates, is the food of the soul? Surely, I said, knowledge is the food of the soul.
Plato
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The gods’ service is tolerable, man’s intolerable.
Plato
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When the tyrant has disposed of foreign enemies by conquest or treaty, and there is nothing more to fear from them, then he is always stirring up some war or other, in order that the people may require a leader.
Plato
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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 and thirst, it’s almost impossible to stamp out.
Plato
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Science is nothing but perception.
Plato