....I am inclined to think that these muscles and bones of mine would have gone off long ago to Megara or Boeotia—by the dog they would, if they had been moved only by their own idea of what was best.
(tr Jowett)
Tags: philosophy materialism
Astronomy compels the soul to look upwards and leads us from this world to another.
PlatoI would teach children music, physics, and philosophy; but most importantly music, for the patterns in music and all the arts are the keys to learning
PlatoAt the touch of love everyone becomes a poet.
PlatoTags: love
But the truth is, O men of Athens, that God only is wise; and by his answer he intends to show that the wisdom of men is worth little or nothing; he is not speaking of Socrates, he is only using my name by way of illustration, as if he said, He, O men, is the wisest, who, like Socrates, knows that his wisdom is in truth worth nothing.
PlatoBooks are immortal sons defying their sires.
PlatoA sensible man will remember that the eyes may be confused in two ways - by a change from light to darkness or from darkness to light; and he will recognise that the same thing happens to the soul.
PlatoLa peor prisión es un corazón cerrado
PlatoThe greatest wealth is to live content with little.
PlatoTags: simple contentment living
And if the truth of all things that are is always in our soul, then the soul must be immortal, so you should take courage and whatever you do not happen to know, that is to remember, at present, you must endeavour to discover and recollect...I cannot swear to everything I have said in this argument – but one thing I am ready to fight for in word and deed, that we shall be better, braver and more active men if we believe it right to look for what we do not know, than if we think we cannot discover it and have no duty to seek it.
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