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Was it aristotle who said the human soul is composed of reason, will, and desire?” “no, that was plato. aristotle and plato were as different as mel tormé and bing crosby. in any case, things were a lot simpler in the old days,” komatsu said. “wouldn’t it be fun to imagine reason, will, and desire engaged in a fierce debate around a table?
Fun Plato Soul
The old axiom that 'all power corrupts' has doubtful validity, because it derives from our neglect of plato's advice to find men carefully and train them by methods which make them fit for heroes.
Plato Hero Men
Had there been no plato, the christians would have had a harder time selling the idea that all god really wanted from us was fraternal love.
Christian Plato Ideas
You read the pragmatists and all you know is: not descartes, not kant, not plato. it's like aspirin. you can't use aspirin to give yourself power, you take it to get rid of headaches. in that way, pragmatism is a philosophical therapy. it helps you stop asking the unhelpful questions.
Plato Philosophical Giving
Most people do not understand until old age what plato tells them when they are young.
Plato People Age
Cicero called aristotle a river of flowing gold, and said of plato's dialogues, that if jupiter were to speak, it would be in language like theirs.
Plato Rivers Gold
Plato used to say to xenocrates the philosopher, who was rough and morose, "good xenocrates, sacrifice to the graces.
Plato Sacrifice Grace
During the 2300 years since plato, very little opposition has been registered to his ideas.
Plato Years Ideas
Plato and hitler were both the same kind of consistent socialists who planned also for the production of future socialists, the breeding and education of future members of society.
Plato Kind Members
The olive grove of academe, plato's retirement, where the attic bird trills her thick-warbled notes the summer long.
Summer Retirement Plato
Ornate rhetorick taught out of the rule of plato.... to which poetry would be made subsequent, or indeed rather precedent, as being less suttle and fine, but more simple, sensuous, and passionate.
Plato Simple Poetry
...why did plato say that poets should be chased out of the republic? precisely because every poet and every artist is an antisocial being. he's not that way because he wants to be; he can't be any other way.... and if he really is an artist it is in his nature not to want to be admitted, because if he is admitted it can only mean he is doing something which is understood, approved, and therefore old hat - worthless. anything new, anything worth doing, can't be recognized.
Freedom Plato Mean

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