Beautiful inside, and let the outside match.
Socrates, Plato, Phaedrus 279b
Beautiful inside, and let the outside match.
Socrates, Plato, Phaedrus 279b
The source
"Beautiful inside, and let the outside match." Socrates said it in Plato, Phaedrus 279b. Translated by Benjamin Jowett, 1892.
"give me beauty in the inward soul; and may the outward and inward man be at one"Benjamin Jowett, 1892, Plato, Phaedrus 279b.
Who said it
Socrates (c. 470–399 BC). The Athenian who wrote nothing and questioned everyone. We know him through Plato.
Questions
- Who said "Beautiful inside, and let the outside match."?
- Socrates (c. 470–399 BC). Source: Plato, Phaedrus 279b.
- What is the original wording?
- give me beauty in the inward soul; and may the outward and inward man be at one (Benjamin Jowett, 1892). Translated by Benjamin Jowett, 1892.
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