Book: The state

Skilled physicians would be the those who since the childhood in addition to learning their science would deal with a large number of hopeless patients, and he himself would suffer all the diseases from nature would not be too healthy.

I do not believe that when the body man is in order, it's my own good qualities causes good mental state; on the contrary, a good mental state, with its own good qualities leads to the best state of the body.

So, Glavkon, - said I, - this overriding educational value musicscore art: it just over penetrates deep into our soul and with all stronger its affects; rhythm and harmony bring with them good, and it makes a handsome and man, who if properly educated, if not, then Vice versa. Who in this area was brought up as it should, he is very acutely perceive different gaps, notdienst or natural disadvantages. It irritation or, on the contrary, the pleasure will be correct; he will praise what is good, and, taking him into his soul, will feed them and he will be perfect; but disgraceful [shameful] he right to condemn and hate from a young age, even before than will be able to perceive a reasonable question; when the time comes that speech, he will love her, knowing that it is inherent in education.

Justice is not too important, since it is useful only in futility.

All in one voice told that prudence and justice - something beautiful, but at the same time painful and difficult, to distinguish the same unbridled and unfair nice and easy and only because of the General opinions and law considered shameful. For the most part saying unfair things better is just: people are easily inclined to public life, and private life is considered happy and respect to villains if they are rich and influential generally, and not to put to scorn any feeble poor, even recognizing that they are better than the rich.

You don't notice a particular attachment to money: it usually happens to those who have not himself made a fortune. And who himself had made, those appreciate it doubly. As poets love their creations, and fathers their children, and the grown rich people carefully treat money - not only to the needs of other people, and like they work. To deal with such difficult people: nothing causes their approval, except for the rich.

I am happy to converse with elderly people. They are already ahead of us by the way, that may have to go through us, so I think we need to ask what is the way - whether it is thorny and painful, or easy and comfortable.

Virtue is, apparently, a kind of health, beauty, prosperity of the soul, and depravity, disease, disgrace [shame], and weakness.