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
mean men justice
Justice means minding one's own business and not meddling with other men's concerns.
wine men granted
Nothing more excellent or valuable than wine was every granted by the gods to man.
music hands soul
Rhythm and harmony enter most powerfully into the inner most part of the soul and lay forcible hands upon it, bearing grace with them, so making graceful him who is rightly trained.
justice might might-is-right
Do not expect justice where might is right.
children philosophical men
Then not only an old man, but also a drunkard, becomes a second time a child.
plato conflict combat
I exhort you also to take part in the great combat, which is the combat of life, and greater than every other earthly conflict.
art mean men
The man who arrives at the doors of artistic creation with none of the madness of the Muses would be convinced that technical ability alone was enough to make an artist... what that man creates by means of reason will pale before the art of inspired beings.
ignorance my-own knows
All I really know is the extent of my own ignorance
country men practice
Nothing can be more absurd than the practice that prevails in our country of men and women not following the same pursuits with all their strengths and with one mind, for thus, the state instead of being whole is reduced to half.
plato want teach
No one ever teaches well who wants to teach, or governs well who wants to govern.
passion philosopher
Who are the true philosophers? Those whose passion is to love the truth.
hate character men
Misanthropy ariseth from a man trusting another without having sufficient knowledge of his character, and, thinking him to be truthful, sincere, and honourable, finds a little afterwards that he is wicked, faithless, and then he meets with another of the same character. When a man experiences this often, and more particularly from those whom he considered his most dear and best friends, at last, having frequently made a slip, he hates the whole world, and thinks that there is nothing sound at all in any of them.
funny cities citizens
This City is what it is because our citizens are what they are.
philosophical animal tree
The gods created certain kinds of beings to replenish our bodies... they are the trees and the plants and the seeds.