“I think that I am the only or almost the only…” Plato

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“I think that I am the only or almost the only Athenian living who practises the true art of politics; I am the only politician of my time”

Plato (spoken by Socrates)

Gorgias, 521d, trans. Benjamin Jowett (1892)

Socrates claims that true politics aims at making citizens better, and predicts that this will leave him defenceless in court.

Citation: "I think that I am the only or almost the only Athenian living who practises the true art of politics; I am the only politician of my time" — Plato, Gorgias, 521d, trans. Benjamin Jowett (1892). (id plato-gorgias-q8)

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Quotation from Gorgias by Plato