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“The most effective kind of education is that a child should play amongst lovely things.”
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“The object of education is to teach us to love what is beautiful.”
― The Republic
― The Republic
“Human behavior flows from three main sources: desire, emotion, and knowledge. ”
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“The soul takes nothing with her to the next world but her education and her culture. At the beginning of the journey to the next world, one's education and culture can either provide the greatest assistance, or else act as the greatest burden, to the person who has just died.”
― The Republic of Plato
― The Republic of Plato
“Excellence" is not a gift, but a skill that takes practice.
We do not act "rightly" because we are "excellent",
in fact we achieve "excellence" by acting "rightly".”
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We do not act "rightly" because we are "excellent",
in fact we achieve "excellence" by acting "rightly".”
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