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Quotation from Theaetetus by Plato
“to fly away is to become like God, as far as this is possible; and to become like him, is to become holy, just, and wise”
Theaetetus, Digression, c. 176a-b, trans. Benjamin Jowett (1892)
Since evil always haunts mortal life, Socrates urges flight from earth to heaven, understood as likeness to God.
Citation: "to fly away is to become like God, as far as this is possible; and to become like him, is to become holy, just, and wise" — Plato, Theaetetus, Digression, c. 176a-b, trans. Benjamin Jowett (1892). (id plato-theaetetus-q7)
