One of the penalties of refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors. - Plato

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One of the penalties of refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.

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Plato (Πλάτων Plátōn; c. 427 BC – c. 347 BC) was a Greek philosopher from Athens during the Classical period in Ancient Greece, founder of the Platonist school of thought and the Academy (Akademia), the first institution of higher learning in the Western world.

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Native Name: Πλάτων
Alternative Names: Plátōn • Platon • Aristocles • Αριστοκλής • Ἀριστοκλῆς
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Laws are partly formed for the sake of good men, in order to instruct them how they may live on friendly terms with one another, and partly for the sake of those who refuse to be instructed, whose spirit cannot be subdued, or softened, or hindered from plunging into evil.
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