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“In the Phaedrus, Plato argued that the new arrival of writing would revolutionize culture for the worst. He suggested that it would substitute reminiscence for thought and mechanical learning for the true dialect of the living quest for truth by discourse and conversation.”

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Author:Marshall McLuhan

“Socrates had a student named Plato, Plato had a student named Aristotle, and Aristotle had a student named Alexander the Great.”

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Author:Old Tom Morris

“Plato stands for the union of truth and goodness in the supreme idea of God.”

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Book:History of Psychology: A Sketch and an Interpretation

Source: History of Psychology: A Sketch and an Interpretation

“People have Plato's form in their mind of what a leader is, or what a C.E.O. is, and it is a bunch of elements that I really don't conform to at all. I've given this a lot of thought, and I came to the conclusion that I don't care.”

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Author:Dick Costolo

“In 'The Plato Papers' I wanted to get another perspective on the present moment by extrapolating into the distant future. So in that sense, there's a definite similarity of purpose between a book set in the future and a book set in the past.”

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Author:Peter Ackroyd

“He best keeps from anger who remembers that God is always looking upon him.”

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Author:B. C. Forbes

“Plato's cave is full of freaks.”

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Author:Jack Johnson