Casey Fink

“I am speaking like a book, but I believe that what I am saying is true.”
― Plato, The Trial and Death of Socrates

“not to care for any of his belongings before caring that he himself should be as good and as wise as possible, not to care for the city’s possessions more than for the city itself, and to care for other things in the same way.”
― Plato, The Trial and Death of Socrates

“the most important thing is not life, but the good life.”
― Plato, The Trial and Death of Socrates: Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, death scene from Phaedo

“no man will survive who genuinely opposes you or any other crowd and prevents the occurrence of many unjust and illegal happenings in the city. A man who really fights for justice must lead a private, not a public, life if he is to survive for even a short time”
― Plato, The Trial and Death of Socrates