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 leader citizens
When the citizens of a society can see and hear their leaders, then that society should be seen as one.
justice suffering customs
Then not only custom, but also nature affirms that to do is more disgraceful than to suffer injustice, and that justice is equality.
plato all-things
God is not the author of all things, but of good only.
teacher men tree
Trees and fields tell me nothing: men are my teachers.
education use argument
I know too well that these arguments from probabilities are imposters, and unless great caution is observed in the use of them, they are apt to be deceptive.
work sleep soul
Much sleep is not required by nature, either for our souls or bodies, or for the action in which they are concerned.
moving time-management management
Time is the moving imago of the unmoving eternity.
words-of-wisdom connected
And is there anything more closely connected with wisdom than truth?
philosophy real twilight
What is at issue is the conversion of the mind from the twilight of error to the truth, that climb up into the real world which we shall call true philosophy.
hate words-of-wisdom truthfulness
Truthfulness. He will never willingly tolerate an untruth, but will hate it as much as he loves truth... And is there anything more closely connected with wisdom than truth?
plato parent use
The honour of parents is a fair and noble treasure to their posterity, but to have the use of a treasure of wealth and honour, and to leave none to your successors, because you have neither money nor reputation of your own, is alike base and dishonourable.
words-of-wisdom use philosopher
And tell him it's quite true that the best of the philosophers are of no use to their fellows; but that he should blame, not the philosophers, but those who fail to make use of them.
plato boys men
And we must beg Homer and the other poets not to be angry if we strike out these and similar passages, not because they are unpoetical, or unattractive to the popular ear, but because the greater the poetical charm in them, the less are they meet for the ears of boys and men who are meant to be free, and who should fear slavery more than death.
men ease doe
More will be accomplished, and better, and with more ease, if every man does what he is best fitted to do, and nothing else.