Socrates — "The end of life is to be like God, and the soul follows the body, and ought to b…"
The end of life is to be like God, and the soul follows the body, and ought to be pure.
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Attributed saying, though potentially more Platonic in tone.
Date: c. 399 BCE (approximate)
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