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....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)
— Plato Phaedo
Tags: philosophy, materialism

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Necessity, who is the mother of our invention.
— Plato
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Courage is a kind of salvation.
— Plato
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Each man is capable of doing one thing well. If he attempts several, he will fail to achieve distinction in any.
— Plato
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Love - a grave mental disease.
— Plato
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We ought to fly away from earth to heaven as quickly as we can; and to fly away is to become like God, as far as this is possible; and to become like him is to become holy, just, and wise.
— Plato
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