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Quotes from Socrates " All men's souls are immortal, but the souls of the righteous are immortal and divine. " " Be as you wish to seem. " " Beauty is a short-lived tyranny. " " False words are not only evil in themselves, but they infect the soul with evil. " " By all means marry; if you get a good wife, you'll be happy. If you get a bad one, you'll become a philosopher. " " I am not an Athenian or a Greek, but a citizen of the world. " " Children today are tyrants. They contradict their parents, gobble their food, and tyrannize their teachers. " " If a man would move the world, he must first move himself. " " No man undertakes a trade he has not learned, even the meanest; yet every one thinks himself sufficiently qualified for the hardest of all trades - that of government. " " As for me, all I know is that I know nothing. " SO C RATES Socrates ( Ancient Greek pronunciation Sōkrátēs ; c. 470 BC – 399 BC) was a classical Greek Athenian philosopher. Credited as one of the founders of western philosophi, he is an enigmatic figure known chiefly through the accounts of later classical writers, especially the writings of his students Plato and Xenophon, and the plays of his contemporary Aristophanes. Many would claim that Plato's dialogues are the most comprehensive accounts of Socrates to survive from antiquity! This sculpture is made of casting stone! Details: SO C RATES Condition: New, made in Greece. Approximately Height: 13 cm - 5 inches W idth : 8 cm - 3 inches Weight: 415 g * * * * **** PLATO Quotes At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet. Music is a moral law. It gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and charm and gaiety to life and to everything. Dictatorship naturally arises out of democracy, and the most aggravated form of tyranny and slavery out of the most extreme liberty. A good decision is based on knowledge and not on numbers. PLATO Plato ( pron. Plátōn , "broad" 428BC – 348BC) was a classical Greek philosopher mathematician, student of Sokrates, writer of philosophical dialogues, and founder of the Academy in Athens, the first institution of higher learning in the Western world. Along with his mentor, Socrates, and his student, Aristotle, Plato helped to lay the foundations of Western philosophy and science. This sculpture is made of casting stone! Tracking number provided!!! Details: PLATO Condition: New, made in Greece. Approximately Height: 12 cm - 4.6 inches W idth : 8 cm - 3 inches Weight: 330 g * * * * ****