Politicians Also Have No Leisure, Because They

No Excellent Soul Is Exempt From A Mixture Of Madness.

I Will Not Allow The Athenians To Sin Twice Against Philosophy.

The Purpose Of Art Is To Represent The Meaning Of Things. This Represents The True Reality, Not External Aspects.

For Contemplation Is Both The Highest Form Of Activity (since The Intellect Is The Highest Thing In Us, And The Objects That It Apprehends Are The Highest Things That Can Be Known), And Also It Is The Most Continuous, Because We Are More Capable Of Continuous Contemplation Than We Are Of Any Practical Activity.

Democracy Is The Form Of Government In Which The Free Are Rulers.