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The problem of democracy

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Democracy passes into despotism.

The Republic (427 BC - 347 BC)

About Author: Classical Greek philosopher and mathematician

Education and direction

The direction in which education starts a man will determine his future life.

The Republic (427 BC - 347 BC)

Moneymaker or a healer of the sick?

But tell me, this physician of whom you were just speaking, is he a moneymaker, an earner of fees, or a healer of the sick?

The Republic (427 BC - 347 BC)

Death is not the worst

Death is not the worst that can happen to men.

Laws (427 BC - 347 BC)

Courage

Can any man be courageous who has the fear of death in him?

The Republic (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)

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