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
mistake men evil
You may be sure, dear Crito, that inaccurate language is not only in itself a mistake: it implants evil in men's souls.
government lust lovers
So where it is a general rule that it is wrong to gratify lovers, this can be attributed to the defects of those who make that rule: the government's lust for rule and the subjects' cowardice.
beautiful desire wonder
Wonder is the beginning of the desire to know the beautiful and the good.
lines states built
I take it that our state, having been founded and built up on the right lines, is good in the complete sense of the word.
art children thinking
If you think your child's academic studies are more important than the arts, think again.
evil wicked turns
Fly from the company of the wicked--fly and turn not back.
sex excellence unions
If we are to keep our flock at the highest pitch of excellence, there should be as many unions of the best of both sexes, and as few of the inferior as possible, and that only the offspring of the better unions should be kept.
law tyrants reign
They would be subject to no one, neither to lawful ruler nor to the reign of law, but would be altogether and absolutely free. That is the way they got their tyrants, for either servitude or freedom, when it goes to extremes, is an utter bane, while either in due measure is altogether a boon.
matter way trifling
For our discussion is on no trifling matter, but on the right way to conduct our lives.
reality mind vision
You cannot conceive the many without the one...The study of the unit is among those that lead the mind on and turn it to the vision of reality.
race guardian pure
The race of the guardians must be kept pure.
men ideas
As there are misanthropists or haters of men, so also are there misologists, or haters of ideas.
eye men soul
...in every man there is an eye of the soul, which...is more precious far than ten thousand bodily eyes, for by it alone is truth seen.
forever soul world
The soul takes flight to the world that is invisible but there arriving she is sure of bliss and forever dwells in paradise.