“There are three classes of men: lovers of wisdom, lovers of honour, and lovers of gain.”
— Plato, The Republic (paraphrase)
What this quote means
Plato’s tripartite psychology mapped onto character types — the rational, spirited, and appetitive parts of the soul, each dominant in a different kind of person. The phrasing here paraphrases the Republic’s longer argument.
Paraphrase of The Republic. Confidence: medium.