Plato
Plato
Platowas a philosopher in Classical Greece and the founder of the Academy in Athens, the first institution of higher learning in the Western world. He is widely considered the most pivotal figure in the development of philosophy, especially the Western tradition. Unlike nearly all of his philosophical contemporaries, Plato's entire œuvre is believed to have survived intact for over 2,400 years...
NationalityGreek
ProfessionPhilosopher
moon doubt littles
Upon consideration of the central question of the moon's toughness there can be little doubt. It is hella tough.
memories plato men
No trace of slavery ought to mix with the studies of the freeborn man. No study, pursued under compulsion, remains rooted in the memory.
adultery injury
Adultery is the injury of nature.
pain soul relief
Violent pleasures which reach the soul through the body are generally of this sort-they are reliefs of pain.
men animal savages
Man...is a tame or civilized animal; never the less, he requires proper instruction and a fortunate nature, and then of all animals he becomes the most divine and most civilized; but if he be insufficiently or ill- educated he is the most savage of earthly creatures.
persuasion knows seeking
Either we shall find what it is we are seeking or at least we shall free ourselves from the persuasion that we know what we do not know.
war educational military
Their military training will ensure success in war, but they must maintain unity by not allowing the state to grow to large, and by ensuring that the measures for promotion and demotion from one class to another are carried out. Above all they must maintain the educational system unchanged; for on education everything else depends, and it is an illusion to imagine that mere legislation without it can effect anything of consequence.
becoming helping opinion
That which is apprehended by intelligence and reason is always in the same state; but that which is conceived by opinion with the help of sensation and without reason, is always in a process of becoming and perishing and never really is.
art kind poet
The productions of all arts are kinds of poetry and their craftsmen are all poets.
divine-order divinity philosopher
The philosopher whose dealings are with divine order himself acquires the characteristics of order and divinity.
justice stronger advantage
Justice is nothing more than the advantage of the stronger.
patience tasks wells
Better to complete a small task well, than to do much imperfectly.
dying acting action
A person who is good for anything ought not to calculate the chance of living or dying; he or she ought only to consider whether in doing anything he or she is doing right or wrong- acting the part of a good person or a bad person.
death men blessing
No one knows whether death is really the greatest blessing a man can have, but they fear it is the greatest curse, as if they knew well.