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
thinking talking soul
Thinking: the talking of the soul with itself.
plato democracy despotism
Democracy passes into despotism.
war army ends
Only the dead will know the end of the war.
math form pure
The highest form of pure thought is in mathematics.
wisdom thinking talking
Thinking is the soul talking to itself.
plato philosophy highest
Philosophy is the highest music.
plato men discipline
For a man to conquer himself is the first and noblest of all victories.
children educational teaching
Education is teaching our children to desire the right things.
plato masters servant
He who is not a good servant will not be a good master.
plato greatest-wealth contentment
The greatest wealth is to live content with little.
love-is darkness walks
He who love touches walks not in darkness.
mean knowing words-of-wisdom
And isn't it a bad thing to be deceived about the truth, and a good thing to know what the truth is? For I assume that by knowing the truth you mean knowing things as they really are.
plato opinion
Knowledge is true opinion.
plato men deceived-us
All men are by nature equal, made all of the same earth by one Workman; and however we deceive ourselves, as dear unto God is the poor peasant as the mighty prince.