"For he who would proceed aright... should..." - Quote by Plato
For he who would proceed aright... should begin in youth to visit beautiful forms... out of that he should create fair thoughts; and soon he will of himself perceive that the beauty of one form is akin to the beauty of another, and that beauty in every form is one and the same.
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“The whole secret of the teacher's force lies in the conviction that men are convertible.”