Wealth is the parent of luxury and indolence, and poverty of meanness and viciousness, and both of discontent.

πλοῦτός τε, ἦν δ᾽ ἐγώ, καὶ πενία: ὡς τοῦ μὲν τρυφὴν καὶ ἀργίαν καὶ νεωτερισμὸν ἐμποιοῦντος, τῆς δὲ ἀνελευθερίαν καὶ κακοεργίαν πρὸς τῷ νεωτερισμῷ.

Socrates

Quoted in Republic, by Plato

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Topic

Corrosive effects of wealth Downsides of wealth Wealth Poverty

Speaker

Socrates

Author

Plato

Source

Republic

Medium

Philosophical dialogue Dialogue

Genre

Philosophical literature

Language

Greek

Time

375 BC 370s BC 4th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Occupation

Philosopher

From

Greece Europe Ancient Greece

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Original Citation

Plato. Republic. 380 BC, bk. 4, sect. 422a.

Current Citation

Plato. The Republic. Translated by Desmond Lee. Penguin, 2007, bk. 4, l. 422a.

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