The highest reach of injustice is to be deemed just when you are not. — Plato

The highest reach of injustice is to be deemed just when you are not.

Author: Plato

Insight: When you're confidently wrong, you stop looking for the truth. This is why people who've convinced themselves they're right often become the hardest to reach—they've already won the argument in their own mind, so facts bounce right off.

Source: Republic, Book II

/Quotes

The highest reach of injustice is to be deemed just when you are not.

PlatoRepublic, Book II

Insight

When you're confidently wrong, you stop looking for the truth. This is why people who've convinced themselves they're right often become the hardest to reach—they've already won the argument in their own mind, so facts bounce right off.

Comments

Sign in to leave a comment or reply to one.

Sign in

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.

Graph

Related