Full Idea
(the poets think) 'the supreme reward of virtue was to be drunk for eternity'.
Clarification
'Virtue' here is the Greek word 'areté', which also translates as 'excellence'
Gist of Idea
Is the supreme reward for virtue to be drunk for eternity?
Source
Plato (The Republic [c.374 BCE], 363d)
Book Reference
Plato: 'Republic', ed/tr. Waterfield,Robin [OUP 1993], p.51
Related Idea
Idea 13558 The supreme good is harmony of spirit [Seneca]