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2a21a3d	The heaviest penalty for declining to rule is to be ruled by someone inferior to yourself.	politics rule inferiority	Plato
61f9f32	According to Greek mythology, humans were originally created with four arms, four legs and a head with two faces. Fearing their power, Zeus split them into two separate parts, condemning them to spend their lives in search of their other halves.		Plato
4daaa0d	I am the wisest man alive, for I know one thing, and that is that I know nothing.	socratic republic plato nothing wisdome socrates paradox knowing	Plato
d0a5021	Love is a serious mental disease.		Plato
4a3abf0	If women are expected to do the same work as men, we must teach them the same things.	men equality women work empowerment instruction jobs skills gender	Plato
6636af5	and when one of them meets the other half, the actual half of himself, whether he be a lover of youth or a lover of another sort, the pair are lost in an amazement of love and friendship and intimacy and one will not be out of the other's sight, as I may say, even for a moment...	soulmates	Plato
5688d7a	There is truth in wine and children		Plato
c8d8d6a	Education is teaching our children to desire the right things.	inspirational	Plato
62b806e	The beginning is the most important part of the work.	republic plato	Plato
09805ae	The object of education is to teach us to love what is beautiful.		Plato
bd6b048	You're my Star, a stargazer too,		Plato
c3c38c9	Bodily exercise, when compulsory, does no harm to the body; but knowledge which is acquired under compulsion obtains no hold on the mind.	learning education knowledge teaching	Plato
ef44cd9	Excellence" is not a gift, but a skill that takes practice.		Plato
9e78d8d	Musical innovation is full of danger to the State, for when modes of music change, the fundamental laws of the State always change with them.	music state	Plato
e914b83	Love is simply the name for the desire and pursuit of the whole.		Plato
ef73662	The soul takes nothing with her to the next world but her education and her culture. At the beginning of the journey to the next world, one's education and culture can either provide the greatest assistance, or else act as the greatest burden, to the person who has just died.	education culture	Plato
0221406	I thought to myself: I am wiser than this man; neither of us probably knows anything that is really good, but he thinks he has knowledge, when he has not, while I, having no knowledge, do not think I have.	wisdom plato socrates knowledge	Plato
950f81e	Love is born into every human being; it calls back the halves of our original nature together; it tries to make one out of two and heal the wound of human nature.	symposium plato	Plato
3fb0de4	There is in every one of us, even those who seem to be most moderate, a type of desire that is terrible, wild, and lawless.		Plato
9b7318c	For this feeling of wonder shows that you are a philosopher, since wonder is the only beginning of philosophy.	wisdom wondering thinking	Plato
84f5f78	if a man can be properly said to love something, it must be clear that he feels affection for it as a whole, and does not love part of it to the exclusion of the rest.		Plato
552810a	khalepa ta kala Nothing beautiful without struggle.		Plato
70d2c91	Have you ever sensed that our soul is immortal and never dies?	philosophy-of-life soul	Plato
ea0aa46	And so, when a person meets the half that is his very own, whatever his orientation, whether it's to young men or not, then something wonderful happens: the two are struck from their senses by love, by a sense of belonging to one another, and by desire, and they don't want to be separated from one another, not even for a moment.	symposium plato	Plato
86dc7d9	For to fear death, my friends, is only to think ourselves wise without really being wise, for it is to think that we know what we do not know. For no one knows whether death may not be the greatest good that can happen to man.	plato fear-of-death	Plato
5434846	Love' is the name for our pursuit of wholeness, for our desire to be complete.	symposium plato	Plato
b008d43	Either we shall find what it is we are seeking or at least we shall free ourselves from the persuasion that we know what we do not know.		Plato
a77cc2f	How could they see anything but the shadows if they were never allowed to move their heads?	philosophy	Plato
d81f409	The society we have described can never grow into a reality or see the light of day, and there will be no end to the troubles of states, or indeed, my dear Glaucon, of humanity itself, till philosophers become rulers in this world, or till those we now call kings and rulers really and truly become philosophers, and political power and philosophy thus come into the same hands.		Plato
0afb28a	He whom loves touches not walks in darkness.		Plato
937a370	In practice people who study philosophy too long become very odd birds, not to say thoroughly vicious; while even those who are the best of them are reduced by...[philosophy] to complete uselessness as members of society.		Plato
8eb7381	what if the man could see Beauty Itself, pure, unalloyed, stripped of mortality, and all its pollution, stains, and vanities, unchanging, divine,...the man becoming in that communion, the friend of God, himself immortal;...would that be a life to disregard?		Plato
2e461b7	The man who finds that in the course of his life he has done a lot of wrong often wakes up at night in terror, like a child with a nightmare, and his life is full of foreboding: but the man who is conscious of no wrongdoing is filled with cheerfulness and with the comfort of old age.		Plato
21f64de	That's what education should be," I said, "the art of orientation. Educators should devise the simplest and most effective methods of turning minds around. It shouldn't be the art of implanting sight in the organ, but should proceed on the understanding that the organ already has the capacity, but is improperly aligned and isn't facing the right way."	teaching	Plato
1e5e582	The truth of the matter I believe to be this. There is, as I stated at first, no absolute right or wrong in love, but everything depends upon the circumstances, to yield to a bad man in a bad way is wrong, but to yield to a worthy man in a right way is right. The bad man is a common or a vulgar lover, who is in love with the body rather than the soul; he is not constant because what he loves is not constant; as soon as the flower of physica..	philisophy test	Plato Walter Hamilton
69843e8	Wonder is the feeling of a philosopher, and philosophy begins in wonder.		Plato
9ed4c50	Perception and knowledge could never be the same.		Plato
04a84ae	No one should be discouraged, Theaetetus, who can make constant progress, even though it be slow.		Plato
3729bea	God is not the author of all things, but of good only.		Republic (Plato)
761bfd9	Can any man be courageous who has the fear of death in him?		Republic (Plato)
9f1f4b3	A fit of laughter, which has been indulged to excess, almost always produces a violent reaction.		Republic (Plato)
573af08	Attention to health is a great obstacle to the practice of virtue and improvement in [life].		Republic (Plato)
df15b8d	Everything that deceives may be said to enchant.		Republic (Plato)
90ae42b	The direction in which education starts a man will determine his future life.		Republic (Plato)

The heaviest penalty for declining to rule is to be ruled by someone inferior to yourself.

Plato

61f9f32

According to Greek mythology, humans were originally created with four arms, four legs and a head with two faces. Fearing their power, Zeus split them into two separate parts, condemning them to spend their lives in search of their other halves.

Plato

4daaa0d

I am the wisest man alive, for I know one thing, and that is that I know nothing.

socratic republic plato nothing wisdome socrates paradox knowing

Plato

d0a5021

Love is a serious mental disease.

Plato

4a3abf0

If women are expected to do the same work as men, we must teach them the same things.

men equality women work empowerment instruction jobs skills gender

Plato

6636af5

and when one of them meets the other half, the actual half of himself, whether he be a lover of youth or a lover of another sort, the pair are lost in an amazement of love and friendship and intimacy and one will not be out of the other's sight, as I may say, even for a moment...

soulmates

Plato

5688d7a

There is truth in wine and children

Plato

c8d8d6a

Education is teaching our children to desire the right things.

inspirational

Plato

62b806e

The beginning is the most important part of the work.

republic plato

Plato

09805ae

The object of education is to teach us to love what is beautiful.

Plato

bd6b048

You're my Star, a stargazer too,

Plato

c3c38c9

Bodily exercise, when compulsory, does no harm to the body; but knowledge which is acquired under compulsion obtains no hold on the mind.

learning education knowledge teaching

Plato

ef44cd9

Excellence" is not a gift, but a skill that takes practice.

Plato

9e78d8d

Musical innovation is full of danger to the State, for when modes of music change, the fundamental laws of the State always change with them.

music state

Plato

e914b83

Love is simply the name for the desire and pursuit of the whole.

Plato

ef73662

The soul takes nothing with her to the next world but her education and her culture. At the beginning of the journey to the next world, one's education and culture can either provide the greatest assistance, or else act as the greatest burden, to the person who has just died.

education culture

Plato

0221406

I thought to myself: I am wiser than this man; neither of us probably knows anything that is really good, but he thinks he has knowledge, when he has not, while I, having no knowledge, do not think I have.

wisdom plato socrates knowledge

Plato

950f81e

Love is born into every human being; it calls back the halves of our original nature together; it tries to make one out of two and heal the wound of human nature.

symposium plato

Plato

3fb0de4

There is in every one of us, even those who seem to be most moderate, a type of desire that is terrible, wild, and lawless.

Plato

9b7318c

For this feeling of wonder shows that you are a philosopher, since wonder is the only beginning of philosophy.

wisdom wondering thinking

Plato

84f5f78

if a man can be properly said to love something, it must be clear that he feels affection for it as a whole, and does not love part of it to the exclusion of the rest.

Plato

552810a

khalepa ta kala Nothing beautiful without struggle.

Plato

70d2c91

Have you ever sensed that our soul is immortal and never dies?

philosophy-of-life soul

Plato

ea0aa46

And so, when a person meets the half that is his very own, whatever his orientation, whether it's to young men or not, then something wonderful happens: the two are struck from their senses by love, by a sense of belonging to one another, and by desire, and they don't want to be separated from one another, not even for a moment.

symposium plato

Plato

86dc7d9

For to fear death, my friends, is only to think ourselves wise without really being wise, for it is to think that we know what we do not know. For no one knows whether death may not be the greatest good that can happen to man.

plato fear-of-death

Plato

5434846

Love' is the name for our pursuit of wholeness, for our desire to be complete.

symposium plato

Plato

b008d43

Either we shall find what it is we are seeking or at least we shall free ourselves from the persuasion that we know what we do not know.

Plato

a77cc2f

How could they see anything but the shadows if they were never allowed to move their heads?

philosophy

Plato

d81f409

The society we have described can never grow into a reality or see the light of day, and there will be no end to the troubles of states, or indeed, my dear Glaucon, of humanity itself, till philosophers become rulers in this world, or till those we now call kings and rulers really and truly become philosophers, and political power and philosophy thus come into the same hands.

Plato

0afb28a

He whom loves touches not walks in darkness.

Plato

937a370

In practice people who study philosophy too long become very odd birds, not to say thoroughly vicious; while even those who are the best of them are reduced by...[philosophy] to complete uselessness as members of society.

Plato

8eb7381

what if the man could see Beauty Itself, pure, unalloyed, stripped of mortality, and all its pollution, stains, and vanities, unchanging, divine,...the man becoming in that communion, the friend of God, himself immortal;...would that be a life to disregard?

Plato

2e461b7

The man who finds that in the course of his life he has done a lot of wrong often wakes up at night in terror, like a child with a nightmare, and his life is full of foreboding: but the man who is conscious of no wrongdoing is filled with cheerfulness and with the comfort of old age.

Plato

21f64de

That's what education should be," I said, "the art of orientation. Educators should devise the simplest and most effective methods of turning minds around. It shouldn't be the art of implanting sight in the organ, but should proceed on the understanding that the organ already has the capacity, but is improperly aligned and isn't facing the right way."

teaching

Plato

1e5e582

The truth of the matter I believe to be this. There is, as I stated at first, no absolute right or wrong in love, but everything depends upon the circumstances, to yield to a bad man in a bad way is wrong, but to yield to a worthy man in a right way is right. The bad man is a common or a vulgar lover, who is in love with the body rather than the soul; he is not constant because what he loves is not constant; as soon as the flower of physica..

philisophy test