“Indeed, the very first acknowledgment (as far as I am aware) of the attraction of mutilated bodies occurs in a founding description of mental conflict. It is a passage in The Republic, Book IV, where Plato’s Socrates describes how our reason may be overwhelmed by an unworthy desire, which drives the self to become angry with a part of its nature.” FirstsMayBookSelfReasonBodyDesireConflictAngryAttractionDescriptionRepublicPassagesPlatoFoundingOverwhelmedUnworthyAcknowledgmentPlato S Book:Regarding the Pain of Others Source: Regarding the Pain of Others
“There is a certain way of searching for the truth in mathematics that Plato is said first to have discovered. Theon called this analysis.” WayFirstsSaidCertainMathematicsAnalysisPlato Book:The Analytic Art Source: The Analytic Art