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Claim: claims Ancient Greek philosopher Plato once stated, "Be kind, everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle." (Viral Quote, 2019-06-30)
Evidence (2021-03-13): First, I want to make Plato more accessible for everyone. The philosopher is a seminal figure in the history of ideas. Without his writings, it is difficult to know where western civilization would be today. In particular, Plato’s conception of reality as rational (and knowable) paved the way for rigorous intellectual inquiry to take root. Additionally, his notion of the Good as objective and distinct from the individual established the foundation for much of moral philosophy. In short, without Plato, we lose much of the philosophical foundation of western civilization.
Claim: claims Ancient Greek philosopher Plato once stated, "Be kind, everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle." (Viral Quote, 2019-06-30)
Evidence (2022-03-16): There is also the problem that spending too long at the helm and having the sailors follow their every command may corrupt the mind of any navigator. The ability to get whatever they want and have their every whim seen to may well draw their focus away from the job at hand. Plato himself avoids this problem by saying that the true navigator (or the Philosopher King) is one with dialectical knowledge of the eternal Forms and the Good (and therefore wouldn’t fall victim to moral corruption), but given that the theory of Forms has been shown to have various issues in the years since the writing of the Republic (see Plato’s own Parmenides, Aristotle, or Nominalism),[2] it is difficult to accept fully the argument that he proposes.
Claim: claims Ancient Greek philosopher Plato once stated, "Be kind, everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle." (Viral Quote, 2019-06-30)
Evidence (2024-01-01): Plato (c. 428–347 B.C.) [...] In The Politics, Aristotle rejected Plato’s ideal state. He said that it fails to address conflicts that will arise among its citizens. He claimed Plato’s ideal state will contain two states in one, each hostile to the other . . . . [Plato] makes the guardians [the warriors] into a mere occupying garrison, while the husbandmen and artisans and the rest are the real citizens. But if so, the suits and quarrels and all the evils which Socrates affirms to exist in other states, will exist equally among them. He says indeed that, having so good an education, the citizens will not need many laws, . . . but then he confines his education to the guardians.
Claim: claims Ancient Greek philosopher Plato once stated, "Be kind, everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle." (Viral Quote, 2019-06-30)
Evidence (2024-09-23): Plato (born 428/427 bce, Athens, Greece—died 348/347, Athens) was an ancient Greek philosopher, student of Socrates (c. 470–399 bce), teacher of Aristotle (384–322 bce), and founder of the Academy. He is best known as the author of philosophical works of unparalleled influence and is one of the major figures of Classical antiquity. [...] Plato once delivered a public lecture, "On the Good," in which he mystified his audience by announcing, "the Good is one." He better gauged his readers in his dialogues, many of which are accessible, entertaining, and inviting. Although Plato is well known for his negative remarks about much great literature, in the Symposium he depicts literature and philosophy as the offspring of lovers, who gain a more lasting posterity than do parents of mortal children. His own literary and philosophical gifts ensure that something of Plato will live on for as long as readers engage with his works.
Claim: claims Ancient Greek philosopher Plato once stated, "Be kind, everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle." (Viral Quote, 2019-06-30)
Evidence (2015-02-25): Within the Republic, Plato made a bold statement when addressing the superiority of either sex in form or ability: "…if the difference consists only in women bearing and men begetting children, this does not amount to a proof that a woman differs from a man in respect of the sort of education she should receive; and we shall therefore continue to maintain that our guardians and their wives ought to have the same pursuits" (Plato, Book V). Plato radically promoted the idea that in an ideal society, all worthy individuals would receive training and an education, regardless of sex. While Plato believed women to be physically weaker than men, he establishes in Laws that women would inevitably become more equal to men if they received appropriate training.
Claim: claims Ancient Greek philosopher Plato once stated, "Be kind, everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle." (Viral Quote, 2019-06-30)
Evidence (2010-06-11): The aphorism "Be Kind, For Everyone You Meet Is Fighting A Hard Battle" is widely attributed (at least online) to Plato of Athens. I am having a difficult time finding the particular line in the dialogues where he makes this statement. Is this quote apocryphal? [...] "I was just trying out the Google Blog Search,mentioned today by Mark Goodacre, and up came this slogan that I have seen from time to time, always attributed to PhiloBe Kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a great battle. The problem is, however, that I have never read this in any of Philo's works. I may have overlooked it, that's possible,- of course. But searches in both the Greek text and in Whiston's old translation have given no 'hits'. [...] "For what it's worth, here's the closest thing I found by searching JSTOR. In The Biblical World (retitled the next year as The Journal of Religion) v. 54 n. 6 (1920) page 606 Ozora S. Davis, in an article on preaching quoted II Peter 1:57 and then commented on each phrase, including: "_brotherly kindness_--Everyone is fighting a hard battle."
Claim: claims Ancient Greek philosopher Plato once stated, "Be kind, everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle." (Viral Quote, 2019-06-30)
Evidence (2019-08-15): FACT CHECK: Did Plato Say, ‘Be Kind, Everyone You Meet Is Fighting A Hard Battle’? [...] Plato and other ancient philosophers are popular targets for spurious quotations, this case included. His work "Republic," which contains the well-known "Allegory of the Cave," is widely considered a classic of philosophy. The main character in Plato’s literature is typically Socrates. [...] "I’ve read a good bit of Plato in my time, but never encountered a quote like that from him," said Michael Russo, author of "Plato’s Republic: A Study Guide," in an email to the DCNF. Other experts did not recognize the saying either.
Claim: claims Ancient Greek philosopher Plato once stated, "Be kind, everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle." (Viral Quote, 2019-06-30)
Evidence (2010-06-29): Sir–A thought to help us through these difficult times: Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle. [...] Not until trouble and heartache and sorrow came into my own life could I fully comprehend the words of Ian McLaren: "Let us be kind, one to another, for most of us are fighting a hard battle." [...] "Be pitiful, for every man is fighting a hard battle," was the tender Christmas message sent by Ian Maclaren to the readers of The British Weekly.
Claim: claims Ancient Greek philosopher Plato once stated, "Be kind, everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle." (Viral Quote, 2019-06-30)
Evidence (2022-10-18): On leadership and management "Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle." [...] Plato, a Greek philosopher and mathematician who lived approximately 427 to 348 B.C. Plato was taught by Socrates and was Aristotle’s teacher.
Claim: claims Ancient Greek philosopher Plato once stated, "Be kind, everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle." (Viral Quote, 2019-06-30)
Evidence (2022-07-06): A guy I went to school with said to me once that Plato’s writing is like crossover fan fiction. And it’s true. This is a great modern comparison, actually. For anyone that doesn’t know, crossover fan fiction would be like if a crazed fan wrote a short story about Edward and Bella from the Twilight franchise enrolling at Hogwarts and playing Quidditch with Harry Potter. Plato would have different philosophers and different public figures having conversations that they never actually had, sometimes even people that didn’t even live at the same time as each other. [...] Now, it’s important to note, there’s a lot of really smart people that don’t think Plato literally thought that a separate world existed with perfect forms of everything just floating around everywhere. They say he probably was just stating in a melodramatic way that concepts like justice or beauty exist independent of just actions or beautiful things. Human beings commonly mistake just actions and the definition of justice as being the same thing. I mean, he did speak of a different heaven-like world. But really, he may have just been marking a contrast between considering what is a just action here and now and what is the eternal, unchanging definition of justice regardless of time and place.
Claim: claims Ancient Greek philosopher Plato once stated, "Be kind, everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle." (Viral Quote, 2019-06-30)
Evidence (2024-09-30): Plato > Quotes > Quotable Quote (?) [...] Plato 4 books view quotes
Claim: claims Ancient Greek philosopher Plato once stated, "Be kind, everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle." (Viral Quote, 2019-06-30)
Evidence (2019-01-04): Between 431—404 B.C.E. Athens fought one of its bloodiest and most protracted conflicts with neighboring Sparta, the war that we now know as the Peloponnesian War. Aside from the fact that Socrates fought in the conflict, it is important for an account of his life and trial because many of those with whom Socrates spent his time became either sympathetic to the Spartan cause at the very least or traitors to Athens at worst. This is particularly the case with those from the more aristocratic Athenian families, who tended to favor the rigid and restricted hierarchy of power in Sparta instead of the more widespread democratic distribution of power and free speech to all citizens that obtained in Athens. Plato more than once places in the mouth of his character Socrates praise for Sparta (Protagoras 342b, Crito 53a; cf. Republic 544c in which most people think the Spartan constitution is the best). The political regime of the Republic is marked by a small group of ruling elites that preside over the citizens of the ideal city. [...] Given the nature of these sources, the task of recounting what Socrates thought is not an easy one. Nonetheless, reading Plato’s Apology, it is possible to articulate a number of what scholars today typically associate with Socrates. Plato the author has his Socrates claim that Plato was present in the courtroom for Socrates’ defense (Apology 34a), and while this cannot mean that Plato records the defense as a word for word transcription, it is the closest thing we have to an account of what Socrates actually said at a concrete point in his life.
Claim: purports Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis is enacting a bill that would require bloggers to register with the state (Post, 2023-03-09)
Evidence (2023-03-09): The bill would require bloggers who write about elected state officials to register with the Florida Office of Legislative Services or the Commission on Ethics. A spokesperson for DeSantis denied his support for the bill in an email to Check Your Fact.
Claim: purports Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis is enacting a bill that would require bloggers to register with the state (Post, 2023-03-09)
Evidence (2023-03-20): FACT CHECK: Is Ron DeSantis Enacting A Bill Requiring Bloggers To Register With The State Of Florida? A post shared on Facebook purports Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis supports a bill that would require bloggers who mention politicians to register with the state. [...] The post claims DeSantis was supporting a bill that would force bloggers to register with the state before writing about him. "DeSantis enacting a law that requires any blogger that mentions a politician to register with the state, so their words can be reviewed for ‘accuracy’ you know who else did that? PUTIN did it!" the Facebook post purports.
Claim: purports Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis is enacting a bill that would require bloggers to register with the state (Post, 2023-03-09)
Evidence (2023-03-06): A Republican lawmaker in Florida wants bloggers who write about elected officials to register with the state, raising concern among First Amendment groups who are calling the proposal unconstitutional. The bill, filed by Sen. Jason Brodeur of Lake Mary, would require bloggers to file periodic reports with the state if they are paid for posts about the state's governor, lieutenant governor, cabinet members or legislative officials. [...] APFloridaBloggersRon DeSantisRepublicanAmerican Civil Liberties UnionSenateTwitterAssociated Press 1/1Florida bill would force bloggers to register with state
Claim: purports Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis is enacting a bill that would require bloggers to register with the state (Post, 2023-03-09)
Evidence (2023-03-03): State bill would require bloggers who write about Gov. DeSantis, other elected officials to register TALLAHASSEE -- A state lawmaker has authored a bill that would require bloggers who write about Gov. Ron DeSantis or other Florida elected officials to register with the state. If approved by the legislature and signed into law by the governor, SB 1316, which was introduced by Republican State Sen. Jason Brodeur, would impose fines on bloggers who fail to register with the state.
Claim: purports Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis is enacting a bill that would require bloggers to register with the state (Post, 2023-03-09)
Evidence (2023-03-03): - A Florida senator filed a bill mandating that anyone blogging about DeSantis must register with the state. [...] A new bill introduced in Florida would require any blogger who writes about Gov. Ron DeSantis to register with the state. The bill was introduced in the Florida Senate on February 28 by GOP lawmaker Jason Brodeur. S.B. 1316 would require any blogger who writes about DeSantis — and is paid for their work — to register with the state ethics commission or the Florida Office of Legislative Services. They must do so within five days of their first post.
Claim: purports Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis is enacting a bill that would require bloggers to register with the state (Post, 2023-03-09)
Evidence (2023-03-04): Florida Republicans want bloggers who write about DeSantis to register with the state ‘It’s hard to imagine a proposal that would be more violative of the First Amendment. We don’t register journalists. People who write cannot be forced to register’ [...] A Florida bill would require bloggers who write about Republican governor Ron DeSantis to register with the state. [...] Comments 1/1Florida GOP want bloggers who write about DeSantis to register
Claim: purports Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis is enacting a bill that would require bloggers to register with the state (Post, 2023-03-09)
Evidence (2023-04-30): Donald Trump distorts Florida elections bill in attacking Ron DeSantis [...] DeSantis’ spokesperson Bryan Griffin said the governor supports the bill because it makes elections more secure. Griffin pointed to penalties for the third-party organizations, a training requirement for elections officials who match signatures on mail ballots and "massive increases in accountability for cleaning up voter rolls." [...] Trump is free to dislike S.B. 7050, a bill that allows DeSantis to challenge Trump in the presidential primary without resigning as governor. But his statement creates the false impression that Florida overhauled its laws and weakened elections oversight. That’s not so. The bill sets tough rules for third-party groups that collect voter registration applications and asks local officials to update voter rolls more frequently.
Claim: purports Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis is enacting a bill that would require bloggers to register with the state (Post, 2023-03-09)
Evidence (2023-03-07): Ron DeSantis disavows Florida GOPer’s blogger registration bill Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis distanced himself Tuesday from a widely-criticized blogger registration bill, saying he does not support the legislation. DeSantis pointed out at a news conference that lawmakers can introduce measures independently and said he was surprised he became associated with state Sen. Jason Brodeur’s proposal that would require bloggers who cover government to register with the state.
Claim: purports Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis is enacting a bill that would require bloggers to register with the state (Post, 2023-03-09)
Evidence (2023-03-03): A new Florida state bill sponsored by a Republican member of the legislature has alarmed free speech advocates for proposing that independent bloggers writing about Florida government officials, including Gov. Ron DeSantis, R-Fla., have to register with the state government or pay a fine. [...] Sharing a link to a news report on the bill, the account added, "FWIW here is the sort of story your SB 1316 is generating (not helping @GovRonDeSantis): ‘Florida bill would require bloggers who write about governor to register with the state.’" [...] Sharing their story on the subject, the National Review Twitter account said, "An idiot in the Florida state legislature has introduced a bill that would require the registration of bloggers who are critical of the state’s government."
Claim: purports Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis is enacting a bill that would require bloggers to register with the state (Post, 2023-03-09)
Evidence (2023-03-29): Media coverage of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’s all-but-announced candidacy for president is already in full frenzy, and so far the script is exactly as his handlers would like it to be. The governor regularly opens up new fronts in the culture wars, sowing alarm over critical race theory, transgender rights, or border policies. In response, liberal pundits fall into the trap of accentuating the very issues DeSantis has chosen to fire up his base. Omitted from the public debate about DeSantis’s policies is almost any discussion of his actual record of governance—what exactly he has delivered to the citizens of his state, especially those without seven-figure incomes and lush investment portfolios.
Claim: purports Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis is enacting a bill that would require bloggers to register with the state (Post, 2023-03-09)
Evidence (2023-05-26): Where Ron DeSantis stands on key issues - Published
Claim: purports Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis is enacting a bill that would require bloggers to register with the state (Post, 2023-03-09)
Evidence (2023-03-09): CLAIM: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis wants bloggers to register with the state or face fines. AP’S ASSESSMENT: False. A bill filed in the Florida Senate would require bloggers to register with the state and submit periodic reports if they are paid for posts about elected officials. However, the bill was filed by Republican Florida Sen. Jason Brodeur, not DeSantis. The Republican governor said at a press conference on Tuesday that he does not support the bill. [...] "Ron DeSantis wants bloggers who write about him to register with the state or face fines," one tweet states. "This is exactly what fascism looks like." It had received nearly 30,000 likes and more than 6,000 shares as of Wednesday.
Claim: purports Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis is enacting a bill that would require bloggers to register with the state (Post, 2023-03-09)
Evidence (2023-03-03): A Republican state senator in Florida has introduced a bill that, if passed, would require bloggers who write about Gov. Ron DeSantis, his Cabinet or state legislators to register with the state. [...] "If a blogger posts to a blog about an elected state officer and receives, or will receive, compensation for that post, the blogger must register" with the appropriate office within five days of the post, the legislation says. [...] The bill says the bloggers' reports to the state "must include" the "individual or entity that compensated the blogger for the blog post, and "the amount of compensation received from the individual or entity."
Claim: purports Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis is enacting a bill that would require bloggers to register with the state (Post, 2023-03-09)
Evidence (2023-03-08): Ron DeSantis Disavows Bill That Would Require Political Bloggers To Register With the Government [...] "Every person in the legislature can file bills, right?" said DeSantis during a Tuesday press conference. "I see these people filing bills and there's articles with my face on the article saying that 'oh, bloggers are going to have to register [with] the state,' and it's attributing it to me. And I'm like, okay, that's not anything I've ever supported, I don't support [it]." [...] The bill received swift backlash. "Dear Ron DeSantis. I am a Florida blogger, and I will NEVER register with the state, nor pay a fine," tweeted one user. "Your daily reminder Ron DeSantis is a fascist," added another. However, as the original fervor cooled, some writers noticed that it did not, in fact, have DeSantis' backing. "That Florida bill about bloggers registering with the state had a single sponsor and everyone was acting like it was going to pass tomorrow with Ron DeSantis's blessing?" tweeted NewsNation reporter Zaid Jilani on Tuesday. "There's always a few weird bills out there in every legislature."
Claim: purports Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis is enacting a bill that would require bloggers to register with the state (Post, 2023-03-09)
Evidence (2023-03-08): Last week, Orlando-area Florida state Sen. Jason Brodeur, a Republican, introduced a bill that would require "bloggers" who publish posts about the state’s officials—including its governor, Ron DeSantis—to register and file ongoing reports with the Florida government. Requiring writers to register with the state is a concept with totalitarian overtones, and the proposal was met with outraged criticism that often made reference to Florida Republicans’ enthusiasm for other strongman-style tactics like seizing control over the curriculum of the New College of Florida and accusing critics (including the Disney corporation) of contributing to the sexual abuse of minors. [...] In any case, the "blogger" bill was criticized by free-speech advocacy groups and political figures on both the right and left, and DeSantis—though he’s called for changes to libel laws like the ones Brodeur has proposed—said at a press conference Tuesday that he does not support it. "Every person in the legislature can file bills. I see these people filing bills and there are these articles with my face on the article saying that bloggers are going to have to register with the state and they’re attributing it to me," he complained. "That’s not anything I’ve ever supported."
Claim: purports Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis is enacting a bill that would require bloggers to register with the state (Post, 2023-03-09)
Evidence (2023-03-06): Florida has been a hotbed of government speech regulations under Governor Ron DeSantis, who has lately even taken to saying he will control Disney’s content. So it’s not surprising to see other Republican lawmakers in the state take broader shots at the First Amendment — but I was admittedly not expecting the latest one to be a blogger registry. As covered by WFLA last week, state Senator Jason Brodeur has proposed a bill that would require "bloggers" who are compensated for writing about any Florida elected official to register with a state agency — either the Office of Legislative Services or the Commission on Ethics, depending on the post’s subject. Registered bloggers must then submit monthly reports disclosing any posts they’ve written about Florida officials, including how much they were compensated and who offered the compensation. Failure would result in a fine of up to $2,500 for each report, potentially on top of other unspecified penalties. [...] Hopefully neither of Florida’s new anti-press bills passes, and it seems unlikely that bloggers will be registering their posts any time soon. It’s also, however, clearer than ever how hollow Republican claims of fighting censorship really are.