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1922 | Spiritual qualities only become advantageous with the growth of wisdom [Plato] |
Full Idea: If virtue is a beneficial attribute of spirit, it must be wisdom; for spiritual qualities are not in themselves advantageous, but become so with wisdom…..Hence men cannot be good by nature. | |
From: Plato (Meno [c.385 BCE], 88c) | |
A reaction: Personally I haven't got any 'spiritual qualities', so I don't really understand this. |
18450 | Philosophy has its own mode of death, by separating soul from body [Porphyry] |
Full Idea: There is a double death. One, known by all men, consists in the separation of the body with the soul; the other, characteristic of philosophers, results in the separation of the soul from the body. | |
From: Porphyry (Launching Points to the Realm of the Mind [c.280], 1Enn9 3) |