I exhort you also to take part in the great combat, which is the combat of life, and greater than every other... — Plato

I exhort you also to take part in the great combat, which is the combat of life, and greater than every other earthly conflict.

Author: Plato

Insight: Life's messiest struggles—career doubts, relationship friction, self-doubt—aren't distractions from your "real" goals. They're the actual arena where you grow. Most people wait for permission to stop fighting; Plato's saying the fight itself is the whole point.

Source: The Republic, Book X

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I exhort you also to take part in the great combat, which is the combat of life, and greater than every other earthly conflict.

PlatoThe Republic, Book X

Insight

Life's messiest struggles—career doubts, relationship friction, self-doubt—aren't distractions from your "real" goals. They're the actual arena where you grow. Most people wait for permission to stop fighting; Plato's saying the fight itself is the whole point.

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Plato

Plato was an ancient Greek philosopher and mathematician, born around 428 BC in Athens, Greece. He is known for founding the Academy in Athens, one of the first institutions of higher learning in the Western world. Plato's philosophical works, including "The Republic" and "The Symposium," continue to be highly influential in Western philosophy.

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