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Single Idea 2148

[catalogued under 25. Social Practice / E. Policies / 5. Education / b. Education principles]

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.374 BCE], 518c)

Book Reference

Plato: 'Republic', ed/tr. Waterfield,Robin [OUP 1993], p.245