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 two
Man is a two-legged animal without feathers.
god blame blameless
The blame is his who chooses: God is blameless.
may deceiving said
Everything that deceives may be said to enchant.
inspirational men evil
Wherever it has been established that it is shameful to be involved with sexual relationships with men, that is due to evil on the part of the rulers, and to cowardice on the part of the governed.
lovers oath
There is no such thing as a lovers' oath.
men worry anxiety
Nothing in the affairs of men is worthy of great anxiety.
death children men
We understand why children are afraid of darkness ... but why are men afraid of light?
art men practice
One man cannot practice many arts with success.
courage kind salvation
Courage is a kind of salvation.
inspirational loss mind
Aspiring minds must sometimes sustain loss.
government truth-is states
Whereas the truth is that the State in which the rulers are most reluctant to govern is always the best and most quietly governed, and the State in which they are most eager, the worst.
mistake two soul
The greatest mistake in the treatment of diseases is that there are physicians for the body and physicians for the soul, although the two cannot be separated.
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There must always remain something that is antagonistic to good.
war cities two
Any city, however small, is in fact divided into two, one the city of the poor, the other of the rich; these are at war with one another.