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
plato amusement able
Let early education be a sort of amusement. You will then be better able to find out the natural bent.
plato honesty dishonesty
Honesty is for the most par less profitable than dishonesty.
battle be-kind kind
Be kind, for everyone is having a hard battle.
ignorance roots evil
Ignorance: the root of all evil.
men tolerable
The gods' service is tolerable, man's intolerable.
evil rewards
There is yet something remaining for the dead, and some far better thing for the good than for the evil.
character men evil
For the man who makes everything that leads to happiness, or near to it, to depend upon himself, and not upon other men, on whose good or evil actions his own doings are compelled to hinge,--such a one, I say, has adopted the very best plan for living happily. This is the man of moderation; this is the man of manly character and of wisdom.
beautiful way faces
What a handsome face he had: but if he were naked you would forget he had a face, he is so beautiful in every way.
law innovation musical
Musical innovation is full of danger to the State, for when modes of music change, the laws of the State always change with them,
men giving honor
For neither birth, nor wealth, nor honors, can awaken in the minds of men the principles which should guide those who from their youth aspire to an honorable and excellent life, as Love awakens them
children father people
. . . you did not seem to me over-fond of money. And this is the way in general with those who have not made it themselves, while those who have are twice as fond of it as anyone else. For just as poets are fond of their own poems, and fathers of their own children, so money-makers become devoted to money, not only because, like other people, they find it useful, but because it's their own creation.
successful men triumph
Let men of all ranks whether they are successful, or unsuccessful, whether they triumph or not; let them do their duty, and rest satisfied.
mean argument turns
I really do not know, Socrates, how to express what I mean. For somehow or other our arguments, on whatever ground we rest them, seem to turn round and walk away from us.
self contentment littles
Moderation, which consists in indifference about little things, and in a prudent and well-proportioned zeal about things of importance, can proceed from nothing but true knowledge, which has its foundation in self-acquaintance.