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'I am the wisest man alive, for I know one thing, and that is that I know nothing.' Plato
Joined June 2011
"Socrates: Government is the nurture of man, and the government of good men is good, and of bad men bad (Menexenus)"
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"Socrates: When the division of our task is concluded, let us find the point at which we digressed, and return into the old path (Republic)"
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"Athenian: The ruler of the universe has ordered all things with a view to the excellence and preservation of the whole (Laws)"
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"DailyPlato will have limited internet access during the holiday session. Daily tweets will resume on January 4th."
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"Socrates: If death was the end of all, the wicked would have a good bargain in dying (Phaedo)"
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"Socrates: The greater my confidence in my conversant, the greater is my difficulty in knowing what to say (Republic)"
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"Socrates: The lover who is true and no counterfeit must of necessity be loved by his love (Lysis)"
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"Athenian Stranger: The laws relating to marriage should be those which are first determined in every state (Laws)"
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"Socrates: Each pleasure and pain is a sort of nail which nails and rivets the soul to the body (Phaedo)"
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"Ctesippus: I should greatly prefer a real friend to all the gold of Darius, or even to Darius himself (Lysis)"
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"Socrates: No man should be angry at what is true (Statesman)"
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"Athenian Stranger: God governs all things, and chance and opportunity co-operate with Him in the government of human affairs (Laws4)"
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"Socrates: Athenians do not trouble themselves about a man until he begins to impart wisdom to others... then they are angry (Euthyphro)"
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"Socrates would have loved twitter. The agora was always too small for him. For me, it was always a bit too big."
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"We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light."
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"Socrates: Beauty of style and harmony and grace and good rhythm depend on simplicity (Republic)"
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"Timaeus: I pray him to give me knowledge, which of all medicines is the most perfect and best (Critias)"
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"Socrates: I must be absolved from promises made in ignorance, for these were promises of the lips and not of the mind (Symposium)"
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"Socratest: If any one at all is to have the privilege of lying, the rulers of the State should be the persons (Republic3)"
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