Life must be lived as play, playing certain games, making sacrifices, singing and dancing, and then a man will be able to propitiate the gods.
PlatoAgain, truth should be highly valued; if, as we were saying, a lie is useless to the gods, and useful only as a medicine to men, then the use of such medicines should be restricted to physicians; private individuals have no business with them.
PlatoPeople too smart to get involved in politics are doomed to live in societies run by people who aren't.
PlatoIt is fear and terror that make all men brave, except the philosophers. Yet it is illogical to be brave through fear and cowardice.
Plato