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
men animal faces
When man is not properly trained, he is the most savage animal on the face of the globe.
optimism age pressure
He who is of a calm and happy nature, will hardly feel the pressure of age
education years childhood
Education and admonition commence in the first years of childhood, and last to the very end of life.
dog opposites people
The disposition of noble dogs is to be gentle with people they know and the opposite with those they don't know...How, then, can the dog be anything other than a lover of learning since it defines what's its own and what's alien.
cash standards makers
Money-makers are tiresome company, as they have no standard but cash value.
art stars philosophy
Vision, in my view, is the cause of the greatest benefit to us, inasmuch as none of the accounts now given concerning the Universe would ever have been given if men had not seen the stars or the sun or the heavens. But as it is, the vision of day and night and of months and circling years has created the art of number and has given us not only the notion of Time but also means of research into the nature of the Universe. From these we have procured Philosophy in all its range, than which no greater boon ever has come or will come, by divine bestowal, unto the race of mortals.
fighting enjoy-life battle
Enjoy life. There's plenty of time to be dead. Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle.
political-will talking-politics libertarian-party
One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.
plato speak speak-the-truth
No one is more hated than he who speaks the truth.
children way different
Don't force your children into your ways, for they were created for a time different from your own.
wise plato men
A wise man speaks because he has something to say; a fool because he has to say something.
practice plant
The one who learns and learns and doesn't practice is like the one who plows and plows and never plants.
government fool affair
If you do not take an interest in the affairs of your government, then you are doomed to live under the rule of fools.
real believe mean
Take a look around, then, and see that none of the uninitiated are listening. Now by the uninitiated I mean the people who believe in nothing but what they can grasp in their hands, and who will not allow that action or generation or anything invisible can have real existence.