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The proverb is mentioned in the Republic of Plato (424A and 449C) as a principle to be applied to marriage and procreation. Diogenes Laertius (VIII.10) reports the assertion of Timaeus that Pythagoras was first to use the saying, along with φιλία ἰσότης (filía isótēs) "Friendship is equality." Κρῆτες ἀεὶ ψεῦσται.
Aristotle by contrast placed more emphasis on philia (friendship, affection) than on eros (love); [8] and the relationship of friendship and love would continue to be played out into and through the Renaissance, [9] with Cicero for the Latins pointing out that "it is love (amor) from which the word 'friendship' (amicitia) is derived" [10 ...
1. “Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.” 2. “Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all.” 3. “Excellence is never an accident.
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These sayings were traditionally said to have originated with the Seven Sages, a legendary group of philosophers and statesmen who flourished in the 6th century BC. [8] The first known reference to the Seven Sages is in Plato's Protagoras , where they are said to have collectively authored the first two maxims.
"You're my best friend, my partner in crime, my better half, my everything. Happy anniversary, my love." "Even after all of these years, my love for you grows more and more each day."
As Gerard Hughes points out, in Books VIII and IX of his Nicomachean Ethics Aristotle gives examples of philia including: . young lovers (1156b2), lifelong friends (1156b12), cities with one another (1157a26), political or business contacts (1158a28), parents and children (1158b20), fellow-voyagers and fellow-soldiers (1159b28), members of the same religious society (1160a19), or of the same ...
An 18th-century copy of the Testament to Aristotle. No complete translation of any authentic work of Plato is known to have been made into Arabic in the Middle Ages. Contact with the genuine Platonic corpus came through commentaries, paraphrases and the translation of Galen's Synopsis of the dialogues. More influential than the actual Plato was ...