Plato (428 BCE - 348 BCE) on Individual and Leaving Society

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(428 BCE - 348 BCE)

Greek Philosopher Born in Athens during the Classical Period in Ancient Greece, Unable to Measure the Falling Speed of Feather Versus a Rock, and Grandmaster of All Universities Ever Founded

: A Greek philosopher born in Athens during the Classical period in Ancient Greece. He founded the Platonist school of thought and the Academy, the first institution of higher learning on the European continent. (From: Wikipedia.org.)


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Quote #15 on Political Struggle Quotes >> Individual and Leaving Society

“Those who belong to this small class have tasted how sweet and blessed a possession philosophy is, and have also seen enough of the madness of the multitude; and they know that no politician is honest, nor is there any champion of justice at whose side they may fight and be saved.... He is like one who, in the storm of dust and sleet which the driving wind hurries along, retires under the shelter of a wall; and seeing the rest of mankind full of wickedness, he is content, if only he can live his own life and be pure from evil or unrighteousness, and depart in peace and good-will, with bright hopes.”

Source: "The Republic," by Plato, 360 BC, translated by Benjamin Jowett. Book 6.

"The Republic," by Plato, 360 BC, translated by Benjamin Jowett.

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