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
soul yoke madness
Madness is a divine release of the soul from the yoke of custom and convention.
soul geometry draws
Geometry draws the soul towards truth.
rejects
The best stomachs are not those which reject all foods.
men honor desire
Renouncing the honors at which the world aims, I desire only to know the truth... and to the maximum of power, I exhort all other men to do the same.
men virtue praise
Let praise be given equally to women as well as men who have been distinguished in virtue.
soul kind virtue
Virtue is a kind of health, beauty and good habit of the soul.
sea wish may
Mariner, do not ask whose tomb this may be, but go with good fortune: I wish you a kinder sea.
impossible wealthy
To be at once exceedingly wealthy and good is impossible.
art giving persuasion
[M]ere knowledge of the truth will not give you the art of persuasion.
political honor sake
... the good are not willing to rule either for the sake of money or of honor.
self choices soul
The choice of souls was in most cases based on their own experience of a previous life... Knowledge easily acquired is that which the enduing self had in an earlier life, so that it flows back easily.
law care towns
No town can live peacefully whatever its laws when its citizens do nothing but feast and drink and tire themselves out in the cares of love
harmony difficult rhythm
For when there are no words, it is very difficult to recognize the meaning of the harmony and rhythm, or to see any worldly object is imitated by them.
years talking hours
You get to know someone better by playing for an hour than by talking for a year.