"lie" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- This tale has always reminded me of what Plato called "the noble lie."
- Oh, It's but a noble lie.
- The noble lie is a concept originated by Plato as described in the Republic.
- Karl Popper accused Plato of trying to base religion on a noble lie as well.
- Religion for Plato is a noble lie, at least if we assume that Plato meant all of this sincerely, not cynically.
- By implication, Strauss asks his readers to consider whether it is true that noble lies have no role at all to play in uniting and guiding the polis.
- Seymour Hersh also claims that Strauss endorsed noble lies: myths used by political leaders seeking to maintain a cohesive society.
- He builds a series of myths, or noble lies, to make the cities appear just, and these conditions moderate life within the communities.
- Plato taught that the rulers of the Republic might sometimes be required to tell "noble lies" for the good of its citizens.
- She has suffered for the noble lie, which she had told on my behalf, as no woman has ever been made to suffer before.
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