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The philosopher is depicted as the man who is, above all, pure and therefore free.
Plato • Phaedo (Focus Philosophical Library)
For let me tell you, that the more the
Benjamin Jowett • The Republic
Can a man believe in spiritual and divine agencies, and not in spirits or demigods? He cannot.
Plato • Plato: The Complete Works
There is to be “one royal lie,” which, Plato hopes, may deceive the rulers, but will at any rate deceive the rest of the city. This “lie” is set forth in considerable detail. The most important part of it is the dogma that God has created men of three kinds, the best made of gold, the second best of silver, and the common herd of brass and iron.
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he ought to have preferred seeming to being.
Benjamin Jowett • The Republic

The Apology
Plato • Plato: The Complete Works
Then I knew that not by wisdom do poets write poetry, but by a sort of genius and inspiration; they are like diviners or soothsayers who also say many fine things, but do not understand the meaning of them.