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Poetry and philosophy are always hostile to each other.

The Republic (427 BC - 347 BC)

About Author: Classical Greek philosopher and mathematician

The problem of democracy

Democracy passes into despotism.

The Republic (427 BC - 347 BC)

Wealth and poverty

Wealth is the parent of luxury and indolence, and poverty of meanness and viciousness, and both of discontent.

The Republic (427 BC - 347 BC)

The penalty of evildoing

The greatest penalty of evildoing is to grow into the likeness of bad men.

Laws (427 BC - 347 BC)

Philosopher kings

Until philosophers are kings, or the kings and princes of this world have the spirit and power of philosophy, and political greatness and wisdom meet in one, and those commoner natures who pursue either to the exclusion of the other are compelled to stand aside, cities will never have rest from their evils — no, nor the human race, as I believe — and then only will this our State have a possibility of life and behold the light of day.

The Republic (427 BC - 347 BC)

Good men

No evil can happen to a good man, neither in life nor after death.

The Apology (427 BC - 347 BC)

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