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II. A Modern Mantra Wisdom, judgment, wit and sense; Sophrosyne, intelligence; Keep these close and you will live a life without regret.

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III. How can we put a person forth to be the nation’s boss, and he Be utterly devoid of any semblance of sophrosyne?

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In The Laws, Plato discusses the concept of sophrosyne, the moderation of one’s desires in order to achieve full mastery of the self and true masculinity.

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Sophrosyne, sō-fros′i-nē, n. soundness of mind.

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The qualities necessary to the artist do no harm to those which make the thinker and good citizen—every where, as in the literary laws of ancient Greece, consonance, sophrosyne, moderation.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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