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Plato is my friend but the truth is dearer

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Phraseologism: Plato is my friend but the truth is dearer.

Meaning: Truth, exact knowledge, is the highest, absolute value, and authority is not an argument.

Origin: From Latin: Amicus Plato, sed magis amica veritas. In world literature, it is first found in the novel (part 2, ch. 51) "Don Quixote" (1615) by the Spanish writer Miguel Cervantes de Saavedra (1547-1616). After the release of the novel, the expression became world famous. The primary source is the words of the ancient Greek philosopher Plato (421-348 BC). In the Phaedo, he puts into the mouth of Socrates these words: "Following me, think less about Socrates, and more about the truth." That is, Plato advises students to choose the truth, and not faith in the authority of the teacher. There is a similar phrase in Aristotle (1483th century BC), who in his work "Nicomachean Ethics" wrote: "Let friends and truth be dear to me, but duty commands me to give preference to truth." In other, later, ancient authors, this expression is found in the form: "Socrates is dear to me, but the truth is dearest of all." Thus, the history of the famous expression is paradoxical: its actual author - Plato - became at the same time its "hero", and it was in this time-edited form that Plato's words entered world culture. This expression served as the basis for the formation of phrases of the same type, the most famous of which are the words of the German church reformer Martin Luther (1546-XNUMX). In his work "On the Enslaved Will" he wrote: "Plato is my friend, Socrates is my friend, but the truth should be preferred."

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