Thus rhetoric, it seems, is a producer of persuasion for belief, not for instruction in the matter of right and wrong ... And so the rhetorician's business is not to instruct a law court or a public meeting in matters of right and wrong, but only to make them believe.
PlatoPoverty doesn't come because of the decrease of wealth but because of the increase of desires.
PlatoOne of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.
Plato