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
eye soul body
You ought not attempt to cure the eyes without the head, or the head without the body, so neither ought you attempt to cure the body without the soul.
success men greatest-victory
For a man to conquer himself is the first and noblest of all victories... The first and greatest victory is to conquer yourself; to be conquered by yourself is of all things most shameful and vile.
eye evil soul
For all good and evil, whether in the body or in human nature, originates ... in the soul, and overflows from thence, as from the head into the eyes.
children plato father
For just as poets love their own works, and fathers their own children, in the same way those who have created a fortune value their money, not merely for its uses, like other persons, but because it is their own production. This makes them moreover disagreeable companions, because they will praise nothing but riches.
ignorance past men
We see many instances of cities going down like sinking ships to their destruction. There have been such wrecks in the past and there surely will be others in the future, caused by the wickedness of captains and crews alike. For these are guilty men, whose sin is supreme ignorance of what matters most.
obedience command
Through obedience learn to command.
use said force
Even God is said to be unable to use force against necessity.
kindness lost
Kindness which is bestowed on the good is never lost.
golden sun influence
By the golden chain Homer meant nothing else than the sun.
faith age youth
Not one of them who took up in his youth with this opinion that there are no gods ever continued until old age faithful to his conviction.
eye giving right-direction
Conversion is not implanting eyes, for they exist already; but giving them a right direction, which they have not
men cities tree
Fields and trees are not willing to teach me anything; but this can be effected by men residing in the city.
beauty natural superiority
Beauty is a natural superiority.
athlete too-much savages
The mere athlete becomes too much of a savage.