Republic

“But all I’m saying is that no one is at all happy at being lied to and deceived in his mind about the facts; no on likes being ignorant, and the existence and presence of falsehood there are extremely unwelcome to everyone; they particularly hate it there.” — Plato (ca. 427-347 BCE)

II
“Make up a story”
“Disregard time“
“True and untrue”
“body and mind.“

“Lies. Lies. Lies:
Stories told by whispers”

“Lipsacrifice.“

“Loose Leaves…”
“… perceive?“
“Deceive.”

“Welcome to the Academy: to what do we aspire?”
“To be as godlike as humanly possible.“

III
“Draw a line…”
“Defend the border”
“Bbuuiilldd tthhee wwaallll“
I’d rather be a slave labouring for someone else – someone without property, who can hardly make a living – than rule over all the spirits of the dead.
The vile, dank halls, which even gods hate, might appear to men and gods…
Amazing! The soul, the likeness of a person, really does exist in Hades’ halls, but it is completely witless
He alone had consciousness, while the rest were darting shadows
His soul flew from his body and went to Hades bewailing its fate, forfeiting his soul went down to the underworld with a shrill cry
As when bats flit about squeaking in the depths of an awful cave, when one of them loses its perch on the crowded rock, and they cling to one another, so the flock of souls went with shrill cries.
Cocytus and Styx,
ghost and wraith
passages where eminent men weep and wail in mourning
“Do not cry“
“Do not laugh”
“Do not lie“
“Just die,
free.”

VII
Shadows. Echoes.
“And, now this is just my opinion…”
“Of course.“
“… but I think you should…”
“Yes?“
“Stare straight into the sun.”
“Aaaaahhh!“

X
“Mimesis?”
“Mutation.“

“Goldilocks and the three beds
Painter, Joiner, God?”
“Representer, Manufacturer, Progenitor.“
“Good. Because you do not know everything, you know nothing.”
“Innoculate me against this sorcery!“
“Measure, Count, Weigh
No aspect of human life is worth bothering about a great deal:
Apprehend only the number of the fallen die.”
“Medicate your Mourning?”
“Indeed. Are you not entertained?”
“No?“
“Good, keep it that way.”

Phaedrus
Oak: “Trust in writing: Remember”
Rock: “Trust in writing: and by reliance on the marks of others, forget”
Oak: “Black water, by any other name, would still be poison.”
Rock: “To each soul a speech, and to each speech…?
Oak: A soul. (aside) (Indeed, like opinions, we all have one, and most of them stink)
(to Rock) Let’s go.