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Thu 23 Mar, 2006 05:51 pm
There is a quote from Socrates which says something like this:
"What stirs your anger when done to you by others, that do not to others."
Could someone please tell me where the quote is taken from?
Is it from a Dialogue of Plato, and if yes, which one?
I read somewhere that it was given as "Advice to Nicocles". Is that a book from Plato?
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Bram wrote:I read somewhere that it was given as "Advice to Nicocles". Is that a book from Plato?
no, it's a work by Isocrates, but the quote seems to be often misattributed to Socrates. here's the quote in context:
http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0144&layout=&loc=3.61#fn1
took a bit of googling to find it.
Thanks so much, Yitwail. I had trouble myself finding the source of the quote. This is really great!!
I can see why it is often thought that it is Socrates who said it, since the two names are quite similar.
has this site changed? like moved the stuff around and that? or is it just me
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