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1. [100.00%] SOPHIST by Plato - Complete text - Page 74

to be each and all the creation and work of God. Theaet. True. Str. And there are images of them, which are not them, but which correspond to them; and these are also the creation of a wonderful skill. Theaet. What are they? Str. The appearances which spring up of themselves in sleep or by day, such as a shadow when darkness arises in a fire, or the reflection which is produced when the

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2. [82.14%] POLITEIA (Republic) by Plato - Complete text - Part 3 Page 8

3 Page 8 And the creation of health is the institution of a natural order and government of one by another in the parts of the body; and the creation of disease is the production of a state of things at variance with this natural order? True. And is not the creation of justice the institution of a natural order and government of one by another in the parts of the soul, and the creation of

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3. [60.71%] POLITICUS (Statesman) by Plato - Complete text - Page 19

from its author and creator turns about and by an inherent necessity revolves in the opposite direction. Y. Soc. Why is that? Str. Why, because only the most divine things of all remain ever unchanged and the same, and body is not included in this class. Heaven and the universe, as we have termed them, although they have been endowed by the creator with many glories, partake of a bodily nature, and

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4. [60.71%] TIMAEUS by Plato - Complete text - Part 1 Page 12

or how existing without creation, if we be not altogether out of our wits, must invoke the aid of Gods and Goddesses and pray that our words may be acceptable to them and consistent with themselves. Let this, then, be our invocation of the Gods, to which I add an exhortation of myself to speak in such manner as will be most intelligible to you, and will most accord with my own intent. First then, in my judgment,

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5. [60.71%] SOPHIST by Plato - Complete text - Page 72

begin by dividing the art of creation; for imitation is a kind of creation of images, however, as we affirm, and not of real things. Theaet. Quite true. Str. In the first place, there are two kinds of creation. Theaet. What are they? Str. One of them is human and the other divine. Theaet. I do not follow. Str. Every power, as you may remember our saying originally, which causes

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6. [42.86%] SOPHIST by Plato - Complete text - Page 77

that further division of creation, the juggling of words, a creation human, and not divine - any one who affirms the real Sophist to be of this blood and lineage will say the very truth. Theaet. Undoubtedly. Previous Page ||| First Page Plato Home Page & Bilingual Anthology Complete

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7. [42.86%] TIMAEUS by Plato - Complete text - Part 1 Page 27

necessity-for the creation is mixed, being made up of necessity and mind. Mind, the ruling power, persuaded necessity to bring the greater part of created things to perfection, and thus and after this manner in the beginning, when the influence of reason got the better of necessity, the universe was created. But if a person will truly tell of the way in which the work was accomplished, he must include the other

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8. [42.86%] GORGIAS by Plato - Complete text - Part 1 Page 7

I say to him, and are you a creator of wealth? "Yes," he replies. And who are you? "A money-maker." And do you consider wealth to be the greatest good of man? "Of course," will be his reply. And we shall rejoin: Yes; but our friend Gorgias contends that his art produces a greater good than yours. And then he will be sure to go on and ask, "What good? Let Gorgias answer." Now I want

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9. [42.86%] POLITEIA (Republic) by Plato - Complete text - Part 1 Page 49

the state in process of creation, we shall see the justice and injustice of the state in process of creation also. I dare say. When the state is completed there may be a hope that the object of our search will be more easily discovered. Yes, far more easily. But ought we to attempt to construct one? I said; for to do so, as I am inclined to think, will be a very serious task. Reflect

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10. [42.86%] LAWS by Plato - Complete text - Part 4 Page 65

this and every other creation is for the sake of the whole, and in order that the life of the whole may be blessed; and that you are created for the sake of the whole, and not the whole for the sake of you. For every physician and every skilled artist does all things for the sake of the whole, directing his effort towards the common good, executing the part for the sake of the whole, and not the whole for the sake of

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