My dear Homer, if you are really only once removed from the truth, with reference to virtue, instead of being twice removed and the manufacturer of a phantom, according to our definition of an imitator, and if you need to be able to distinguish between the pursuits which make men better or worse, in private and in public, tell us what city owes a better constitution to you, as Lacedaemon owes hers to Lycurgus, and as many cities, great and small, owe theirs to many other legislators? What state attributes to you the benefits derived from a good code of laws? Italy and Sicily recognize Charondas in this capacity, and we solon. But what state recognizes you.
PlatoGood actions give strength to ourselves and inspire good actions in others.
PlatoHow can you prove whether at this moment we are sleeping, and all our thoughts are a dream; or whether we are awake, and talking to one another in the waking state?
PlatoHuman behavior flows from three main sources: desire, emotion, and knowledge.
PlatoIf women are expected to do the same work as men, we must teach them the same things.
PlatoTags: empowerment equality gender men women work instruction skills abilities jobs
I have hardly ever known a mathematician who was capable of reasoning.
PlatoYou should not honor men more than truth.
PlatoTags: truth honesty secrecy honor
good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws
PlatoNo thing more excellent nor more valuable than wine was ever granted mankind by God.
PlatoOnly the dead have seen the end of war.
PlatoTags: war dead life-lessons warriors
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