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Plato · Republic 473d

“Unless philosophers rule as kings in the cities …”

ἐὰν μὴ … οἱ φιλόσοφοι βασιλεύσωσιν ἐν ταῖς πόλεσιν …

More lines from Plato

“The unexamined life is not worth living for a human being.”Apology 38a
“Wondering is very much the feeling of a philosopher; there is no other beginning of philosophy than this.”Theaetetus 155d
“Those who philosophize rightly practice dying.”Phaedo 67e
“All soul is immortal.”Phaedrus 245c

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