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Tag: Plato

(429-347 BC) Philosopher and mathematician.

Root of tyranny

The people have always some champion whom they set over them and nurse into greatness … This and no other is the root from which a tyrant springs, when he first appears he is a protector.

Author Greg RavenPosted on March 24, 2022Categories external authorityTags Plato

Tyrants and war

A tyrant … is always stirring up some war or other, in order that the people may require a leader.

Author Greg RavenPosted on February 22, 2022Categories warTags Plato

The real tragedy of life

We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.

Author Greg RavenPosted on March 1, 2021March 1, 2021Categories truthTags Plato

Might vs. justice

Do not expect justice where might is right.

Author Greg RavenPosted on September 19, 2017November 1, 2018Format QuoteCategories rightsTags Plato

Democracy’s inevitable end

Democracy leads to anarchy, which is mob rule.

Author Greg RavenPosted on April 15, 2015November 1, 2018Format QuoteCategories democracyTags Plato

Talk

Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something.

Author Greg RavenPosted on July 16, 2014November 1, 2018Format QuoteCategories knowledgeTags Plato

Price of apathy

The price of apathy towards public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.

Author Greg RavenPosted on June 20, 2011November 1, 2018Format QuoteCategories governmentTags Plato

“Perhaps the sentiments contained in the following pages, are not yet sufficiently fashionable to procure them general favor; a long habit of not thinking a thing wrong, gives it a superficial appearance of being right, and raises at first a formidable outcry in defense of custom. But the tumult soon subsides.” — Thomas Paine

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