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
compared knowledge learning
The learning and knowledge that we have, is, at the most, but little compared with that of which we are ignorant.
anger greek-philosopher
There are two things a person should never be angry at, what they can help, and what they cannot.
becomes love
At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet.
happening legislate man sorts
Man never legislates, but destinies and accidents, happening in all sorts of ways, legislate in all sorts of ways.
certainly medical
They certainly give very strange names to diseases.
age calm equally hardly nature opposite pressure youth
He who is of calm and happy nature will hardly feel the pressure of age, but to him who is of an opposite disposition youth and age are equally a burden.
income less pay unjust
When there is an income tax, the just will pay more and the unjust less
cannot laughable opposites serious understood
Serious things cannot be understood without laughable things, or opposites at all without opposites
deem enemy tells truth worst
They deem him the worst enemy who tells them the truth
accuracy bent child direct discover force genius learn peculiar teaching train
Do not train a child to learn by force or harshness; but direct them to it by what amuses their minds, so that you may be better able to discover with accuracy the peculiar bent of the genius of each.
among born found hundred man men might thousand
A hero is born among a hundred, a wise man is found among a thousand, but an accomplished one might not be found even among a hundred thousand men.
death fear good greatest knows people whether
Know one knows whether death, which people fear to be the greatest evil, may not be the greatest good.
determine direction education future life man starts
The direction in which education starts a man will determine his future in life.
discover hour relationship
You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation.