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• When anything is in the presence of evil, but is not as yet evil, the presence of good arouses the desire of good in that thing; but the presence of evil, which makes a thing evil, takes away the desire and friendship of the good; for that which was once both good and evil has now become evil only, and the good has no friendship with evil.

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  Evil, Desire, Good And Evil

  Plato (2015). “Plato: The Complete Works: From the greatest Greek philosopher, known for The Republic, Symposium, Apology, Phaedrus, Laws, Crito, Phaedo, Timaeus, Meno, Euthyphro, Gorgias, Parmenides, Protagoras, Statesman and Critias”, p.307, e-artnow

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• The true champion of justice, if he intends to survive even for a short time, must necessarily confine himself to private life and leave politics alone.

  Plato

  Justice, Champion, Private Life

  Plato (1959). “The Last Days of Socrates: Euthyphro, The Apology, Crito [and] Phaedo”

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• It is vain for the sober man to knock at poesy's door.

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  Men, Doors, Poetry

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• For all good and evil, whether in the body or in human nature, originates ... in the soul, and overflows from thence, as from the head into the eyes.

  Plato

  Eye, Evil, Soul

  Plato (2015). “The Complete Plato”, p.52, Booklassic

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• Wherever it has been established that it is shameful to be involved with sexual relationships with men, that is due to evil on the part of the rulers, and to cowardice on the part of the governed.

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  Inspirational, Men, Evil

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• It seems to me that whatever else is beautiful apart from asbsolute beauty is beautiful because it partakes of that absolute beauty, and for no other reason. Do you accept this kind of causality?

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  Beauty, Beautiful, Causality

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• Every unjust man is unjust against his will.

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  Men, Unjust

  Leges, 731c (translated byTrevor J Saunders,1970).

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• A drunkard is unprofitable for any kind of good service.

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  Kind, Good Service, Drunkards

  Socrates, Plato, Aristotle (1967). “Wit and Wisdom of Socrates, Plato, Aristotle: Being a Treasury of Thousands of Glorious, Inspiring and Imperishable Thoughts, Views and Observations of the Three Great Greek Philosophers, Classified Under about Four Hundred Subjects for Comparative Study”

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• Everywhere there is one principle of justice, which is the interest of the stronger.

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  Justice, Stronger, Principles

  Plato (2016). “The Republic”, p.221, Xist Publishing

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• Our object in the construction of the state is the greatest happiness of the whole, and not that of any one class.

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  Depression, Class, Construction

  Plato (1871). “The Dialogues of Plato”, p.246

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• Whatever deceives men seems to produce a magical enchantment.

  Plato

  Plato, Philosophical, Men

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• Sin is disease, deformity, and weakness.

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  Weakness, Disease, Sin

  Socrates, Plato, Aristotle (1967). “Wit and Wisdom of Socrates, Plato, Aristotle: Being a Treasury of Thousands of Glorious, Inspiring and Imperishable Thoughts, Views and Observations of the Three Great Greek Philosophers, Classified Under about Four Hundred Subjects for Comparative Study”

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• Love is the joy of the good, the wonder of the wise, the amazement of the gods; desired by those who have no part in him, and precious to those who have the better part in him.

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  Happiness, Wise, Love Is

  Plato (1871). “The Dialogues of Plato”, p.513

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• If particulars are to have meaning, there must be universals.

  Plato

  Philosophical, Ifs

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• . . . the triumph of my art is in thoroughly examining whether the thought which the mind of the young man brings forth is a false idol or a noble and true birth.

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  Art, Men, Idols

  Plato, Catholic Way Publishing (2015). “The Plato Collection [47 Books]”, p.2181, Catholic Way Publishing

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• The wisdom of men is worth little or nothing.

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  Men, Littles

  Plato (2009). “Selected Dialogues of Plato: The Benjamin Jowett Translation”, p.290, Modern Library

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• Most people affirm pleasure to be the good, but the finer sort of wits say it is knowledge.

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  Knowledge, People, Pleasure

  Plato (2016). “The Republic”, p.390, Xist Publishing

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• The honour of parents is a fair and noble treasure to their posterity, but to have the use of a treasure of wealth and honour, and to leave none to your successors, because you have neither money nor reputation of your own, is alike base and dishonourable.

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  Plato, Parent, Noble

  Plato (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Plato (Illustrated)”, p.974, Delphi Classics

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• The human race will have no respite from evils until those who are really philosophers acquire political power or until, through some divine dispensation, those who rule and have political authority in the cities become real philosophers.

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  Real, Race, Cities

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• It is through geometry that one purifies the eye of the soul.

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  Eye, Soul, Geometry

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• That a guardian should require another guardian to take care of him is ridiculous indeed.

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  Care, Ridiculous, Guardian

  Plato (2012). “The Republic and Other Works”, p.92, Anchor

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• The State which we have founded must possess the four cardinal virtues of wisdom, courage, discipline and justice ... Justice is the principle which has in fact been followed throughout, the principle of one man one job, of minding one s own business , in the sense of doing the job for which one is naturally fitted and not interfering with other people.

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  Jobs, Men, Discipline

  Plato, Henry Desmond Pritchard Lee (1987). “The Republic”

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• ...in every man there is an eye of the soul, which...is more precious far than ten thousand bodily eyes, for by it alone is truth seen.

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  Eye, Men, Soul

  Plato, Julius A. Sigler (1997). “Education: Ends and Means”, p.26, University Press of America

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• The productions of all arts are kinds of poetry and their craftsmen are all poets.

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  Art, Poetry, Kind

  Plato (1961). “Plato, with an English translation”

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• Love is a severe mental disorder.

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  Sexy, Love Is, Disorder

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