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Full Idea
To gain knowledge we must turn the mind away from the world of becoming, until it becomes capable of bearing the sight of real being and reality at its most bright, which we are saying is goodness.
Gist of Idea
To gain knowledge, turn away from the world of change, and focus on true goodness
Source
Plato (The Republic [c.371 BCE], 518c)
Book Ref
Plato: 'Republic', ed/tr. Waterfield,Robin [OUP 1993], p.245