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Dion (search for this): letter 10
Plato to Aristodorus wishes well-doing.I hear that you now are and always have been one of Dion's most intimate companions, since of all who pursue philosophy you exhibit the most philosophic disposition; for steadfastness, trustiness, and sincerity—these I affirm to be the genuine philosophy, but as to all other forms of science and cleverness which tend in other directions, I shall, I believe, be giving them their right names if I dub them “parlor-tricks.cf. Plat. Gorg. 486c, Plat. Gorg. 521d.” So farewell, and continue in the same disposition in which you are continuin
Aegean (search for this): letter 11
ailed to succeed in the task for which you are inviting me. But I myself have no great hopes of success (as to my reasons for this, another long letter would be required to explain them in full), and moreover, because of my age, I am not physically fit to go wandering about and to run such risks as one encounters both by sea and land; and at present there is nothing but danger for travellers everywhere.Probably an allusion to the prevalence of pirates (such as Alexander of Pherae) in the Aegean Sea. I am able, however, to give you and the settlers advice which may seem to be, as HesiodA fragment (229) of Hesiod, otherwise unknown: cf. Hes. WD 483-484. says, “Trivial when uttered by me, but hard to be understanded.” For they are mistaken if they believe that a constitution could ever be well established by any kind of legislation whatsoever without the existence of some authorityf. Plat. Laws 962b, Plat. L. 7.326c, Plat. L. 7.326d. in the State which supervises the daily life bo
Athens (Greece) (search for this): letter 11
Plato to Laodamas wishes well-doing.I wrote to you before that in view of all that you say it is of great importance that you yourself should come to Athens. But since you say that this is impossible, the second best course would have been that I, if possible, or Socrates should go to you, as in fact you said in your letter. At present, however, Socrates is laid up with an attack of strangury; while if I were to go there, it would be humiliating if I failed to succeed in the task for which you are inviting me. But I myself have no great hopes of success (as to my reasons for this, another long letter would be required to explain them in full), and moreover, because of my age, I am not physically fit to go wandering about and to run such risks as one encounters both by sea and land; and at present there is nothing but danger for travellers everywhere.Probably an allusion to the prevalence of pirates (such as Alexander of Pherae) in the Aegean Sea. I am able, however, to give y
Tarentum (Italy) (search for this): letter 12
Plato to Archytas of Tarentum wishes well-doing.We have been wonderfully pleased at receiving the treatises which have come from you and felt the utmost possible admiration for their author; indeed we judged the man to be worthy of those ancient ancestors of his. For in truth these men are said to be Myrians; and they were amongst those Trojans who emigrated in the reign of LaomedonFather of Priam, king of Troy. Nothing is told us elsewhere of this Trojan colony in Italy; so we may regard it as an invention of the writer.—valiant men, as the traditional story declares. As to those treatises of mine about which you wrote, they are not as yet completed, but I have sent them to you just in the state in which they happen to be; as concerns their preservationCf. Plat. L. 2.314a, Plat. L. 13.363e. we are both in accord, so that there is no need to give directions. (Denied to be Plato's
Troy (Turkey) (search for this): letter 12
Plato to Archytas of Tarentum wishes well-doing.We have been wonderfully pleased at receiving the treatises which have come from you and felt the utmost possible admiration for their author; indeed we judged the man to be worthy of those ancient ancestors of his. For in truth these men are said to be Myrians; and they were amongst those Trojans who emigrated in the reign of LaomedonFather of Priam, king of Troy. Nothing is told us elsewhere of this Trojan colony in Italy; so we may regard it as an invention of the writer.—valiant men, as the traditional story declares. As to those treatises of mine about which you wrote, they are not as yet completed, but I have sent them to you just in the state in which they happen to be; as concerns their preservationCf. Plat. L. 2.314a, Plat. L. 13.363e. we are both in accord, so that there is no need to give directions. (Denied to be Plato's
Italy (Italy) (search for this): letter 12
Plato to Archytas of Tarentum wishes well-doing.We have been wonderfully pleased at receiving the treatises which have come from you and felt the utmost possible admiration for their author; indeed we judged the man to be worthy of those ancient ancestors of his. For in truth these men are said to be Myrians; and they were amongst those Trojans who emigrated in the reign of LaomedonFather of Priam, king of Troy. Nothing is told us elsewhere of this Trojan colony in Italy; so we may regard it as an invention of the writer.—valiant men, as the traditional story declares. As to those treatises of mine about which you wrote, they are not as yet completed, but I have sent them to you just in the state in which they happen to be; as concerns their preservationCf. Plat. L. 2.314a, Plat. L. 13.363e. we are both in accord, so that there is no need to give directions. (Denied to be Plato's
Rhegium (Italy) (search for this): letter 13
if you have any leisure at all, to take lessons from him in addition to your other studies in philosophy; but if not, get someone else thoroughly taught so that you may learn from him when you have leisure, and thereby make progress and gain glory,—that so the benefit you gain from me may still continue. So much, then, for this subject. As regards the things you wrote to me to send you, I have had the Apollo made and LeptinesA Pythagorean of this name is said to have murdered Callippus at Rhegium. is bringing it to you. It is by a young and good craftsman named Leochares.A sculptor of some eminence, pupil of Scopas. He had at his shop another piece which was, as I thought, very artistic; so I bought it with the intention of presenting it to your wife,Sophrosyne (“Prudence”), daughter of Dionysus the Elder and niece of Dion. because she tended me both in health and sickness in a manner which did credit both to you and to me. So will you give it to her, unless you prefer to do othe<
Amorgos (Greece) (search for this): letter 13
discussed them, but I did try to discover whether he would take their occurrence hardly or calmly, and it seemed to me that if they occurred it would cause him no small vexation. As to all else Dion's attitude towards you seems to me to be reasonable both in word and deed. To Cratinus the brother of Timotheus, and my own companion, let us present a hoplite's corslet, one of the soft kind for foot-soldiers; and to the daughters of Cebes three tunics of seven cubits, not made of the costly Amorgos stuff but of the Sicilian linen. The name of Cebes you probably know; for he is mentioned in writing in the Socratic discourses as conversing with Socrates, in company with Simmias, in the discourse concerning the Soul,i.e. the Phaedo. he being an intimate and kindly friend of us all. Concerning the signCf. Plat. L. 13.360a below. which indicates which of my letters are seriously written and which not, I suppose that you remember it, but none the less bear it in mind and pay the utmost at
Athens (Greece) (search for this): letter 13
hich we spent on the Leucadian ship belonged to us; this, then, was the sum I obtained, and on obtaining it I used it myself and sent off these purchases to you.Next, let me tell you what your position is in regard to money, both what you have at Athens and my own. I shall make use of your money, as I told you previously, just as I do that of all my other friends; I use as little as I possibly can, only just so much as I and the man I get it from agree to be necessary or right or fitting. Nowto my visit to your court, we must do as I said before: I must strive hard to keep the expense as low as possible, and if ever that is beyond my power, the charge must fall upon you.In the next place, as regards the spending of your own money at Athens, I have to tell you, first of all, that, contrary to what we supposed, you have not a single friend who will advance money in case I am required to spend something on furnishing a chorus or the like; and further, if you yourself have some urgent
Cyzicus (search for this): letter 13
im I derived benefit at once from the very fact that I had invited him.” This tone, then, should be carefully preserved, in order that the mutual benefit we derive from one another may always go on increasing. So by way of helping towards this end I am now sending you some of the Pythagorean works and of the “Divisions,” and also, as we arranged at that time, a man of whom you and Archytas—if Archytas has come to your court—may be able to make use. His name is Helicon, he is a native of Cyzicus, and he is a pupil of EudoxusA famous astronomer. and exceedingly well versed in all his doctrine. Moreover, he has associated with one of the pupils of Isocrates and with Polyxenus,cf. Plat. L. 2.310c. Bryson “the Sophist” was a mathematician who claimed, it is said, to have “squared the circle” (cf. Aristot.An. Post. i. 9,Rhet. iii. 2). one of Bryson's companions; and, what is rare in these cases, he is not without charm of address nor is he of a churlish disposition; rat
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