The safest general characterization of the European philosophical tradition is that it consists of a series of footnotes to Plato. - Alfred North Whitehead
Before we leave Socrates and Plato, if we ever really do, I thought I’d share some of my favorite quotes from The Republic...
[352d] …the argument is not about just any question, but about the way one should live.
[334b] “No, by Zeus,” (Polemarchus) said. “But I no longer know what I did mean.”
[363d] …the finest wage of virtue is an eternal drunk.
[350e] “…if you want to keep on questioning, go ahead and question, and, just as with old wives who tell tales, I shall say to you, ‘All right,’ and I shall nod and shake my head.”
[387d] …the decent man will believe that for the decent man—who happens to be his comrade—being dead is not a terrible thing.
[403a] “It’s ridiculous,” (Glaucon) said, “if the Guardian needs a Guardian.”
[457a] The women guardians must strip, since they’ll clothe themselves in virtue instead of robes, and they must take common part in war …
[459d.] There is a need for the best men to have intercourse as often as possible with the best women.
[338d] “You are disgusting, Socrates.”
[474a] “Socrates, what a phrase and argument you have let burst out. Now that it’s said, you can believe that very many men, and not ordinary ones, will on the spot throw off their clothes, and stripped for action, taking hold of whatever weapon falls under the hand of each, run full speed at you and do wonderful deeds.”
Before we leave Socrates and Plato, if we ever really do, I thought I’d share some of my favorite quotes from The Republic...
[352d] …the argument is not about just any question, but about the way one should live.
[334b] “No, by Zeus,” (Polemarchus) said. “But I no longer know what I did mean.”
[363d] …the finest wage of virtue is an eternal drunk.
[350e] “…if you want to keep on questioning, go ahead and question, and, just as with old wives who tell tales, I shall say to you, ‘All right,’ and I shall nod and shake my head.”
[387d] …the decent man will believe that for the decent man—who happens to be his comrade—being dead is not a terrible thing.
[403a] “It’s ridiculous,” (Glaucon) said, “if the Guardian needs a Guardian.”
[457a] The women guardians must strip, since they’ll clothe themselves in virtue instead of robes, and they must take common part in war …
[459d.] There is a need for the best men to have intercourse as often as possible with the best women.
[338d] “You are disgusting, Socrates.”
[474a] “Socrates, what a phrase and argument you have let burst out. Now that it’s said, you can believe that very many men, and not ordinary ones, will on the spot throw off their clothes, and stripped for action, taking hold of whatever weapon falls under the hand of each, run full speed at you and do wonderful deeds.”
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