“Wars and revolutions and battles, you see, are due simply and solely to the body and its desires. All wars are undertaken for the acquisition of wealth; and the reason why we have to acquire wealth is the body, because we are slaves in its service.”
― Phaedo
― Phaedo
“[T]hose who practice philosophy in the right way are in training for dying and they fear death least of all men.”
― Phaedo
― Phaedo
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