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The soul of him who has education is whole and perfect and escapes the worst disease, but, if a man's education be neglected, he walks lamely through ...more

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The most effective kind of education is that a child should play amongst lovely things.

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It's like this, I think: the excellence of a good body doesn't make the soul good, but the other way around: the excellence of a good soul makes the b...more

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Thinking: the talking of the soul with itself.

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No reproach for a person willing to give honorable service in the passion to become wise.

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And what, Socrates, is the food of the soul? Surely, I said, knowledge is the food of the soul.

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The direction in which education starts a man will determine his future life

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All good and evil, whether in the body or in human nature, originates in the soul, and overflows from thence, as if from the head into the eyes.

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All learning has an emotional base.

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Knowledge is the food of the soul.

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Do not train a child to learn by force or harshness; but direct them to it by what amuses their minds, so that you may be better able to discover with...more

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He who wishes to serve his country must have not only the power to think, but the will to act

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Education isn't what some people declare it to be, namely, putting knowledge into souls that lack it, like putting sight into blind eyes...The power t...more

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Knowledge which is acquired under compulsion has no hold on the mind. Therefore do not use compulsion, but let early education be a sort of amusement;...more

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For good nurture and education implant good constitutions.