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Plato quote about mind from The Republic - Bodily exercise, when compulsory, does no harm to the body; but knowledge which is acquired under compulsion obtains no hold on the mind.

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“ Bodily exercise, when compulsory, does no harm to the body; but knowledge which is acquired under compulsion obtains no hold on the mind. ”

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Plato

Source

The Republic

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mind knowledge body education learning teaching compulsion

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English

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Translated by Benjamin Jowett

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http://www.gutenberg.org/files/1497/1497-h/1497-h.htm

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Plato quote about mind from The Republic - Bodily exercise, when compulsory, does no harm to the body; but knowledge which is acquired under compulsion obtains no hold on the mind.

Plato quote about mind from The Republic - Bodily exercise, when compulsory, does no harm to the body; but knowledge which is acquired under compulsion obtains no hold on the mind.

Plato quote about mind from The Republic - Bodily exercise, when compulsory, does no harm to the body; but knowledge which is acquired under compulsion obtains no hold on the mind.

Plato quote about mind from The Republic - Bodily exercise, when compulsory, does no harm to the body; but knowledge which is acquired under compulsion obtains no hold on the mind.