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 character mean
Beauty of style and harmony and grace and good rhythm depend on simplicity - I mean the true simplicity of a rightly and nobly ordered mind and character, not that other simplicity which is only a euphemism for folly.
love men passionate
The passionate are like men standing on their heads, they see all things the wrong way.
inspiring liars critics
I will prove by my life that my critics are liars.
may inquiry beloved
As it is, lovers of inquiry must follow their beloved wherever it may lead.
plato men tools
The tools which would teach men their own use would be beyond price.
plato body physicians
Is it not also true that no physician, in so far as he is a physician, considers or enjoins what is for the physician's interest, but that all seek the good of their patients? For we have agreed that a physician strictly so called, is a ruler of bodies, and not a maker of money, have we not?
half whole
The beginning is half of the whole.
The beginning is the chiefest part of any work.
argument idle probability
Arguments derived from probabilities are idle.
sports children self
But at three, four, five, and even six years the childish nature will require sports; now is the time to get rid of self-will in him, punishing him, but not so as to disgrace him.
men feathers
Man is a biped without feathers.
thinking soul excellence
It's like this, I think: the excellence of a good body doesn't make the soul good, but the other way around: the excellence of a good soul makes the body as good as it can be.
remember deluge
You can remember, a single deluge only, but there were many previous ones.
deities purpose miserable
The deity on purpose [sings] the liveliest of all lyrics through the most miserable poet.