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
justice stronger advantage
Justice is nothing more than the advantage of the stronger.
patience tasks wells
Better to complete a small task well, than to do much imperfectly.
dying acting action
A person who is good for anything ought not to calculate the chance of living or dying; he or she ought only to consider whether in doing anything he or she is doing right or wrong- acting the part of a good person or a bad person.
death men blessing
No one knows whether death is really the greatest blessing a man can have, but they fear it is the greatest curse, as if they knew well.
knowledge people pleasure
Most people affirm pleasure to be the good, but the finer sort of wits say it is knowledge.
justice stronger principles
Everywhere there is one principle of justice, which is the interest of the stronger.
generations immortality everlasting
The mortal nature is seeking as far as is possible to be everlasting and immortal: and this is only to be attained by generation, because the new is always left in the place of the old.
plato immortality after-death
I have good hope that there is something after death.
body pleasure conversation
The more the pleasures of the body fade away, the greater to me is the pleasure and charm of conversation.
children games soul
Avoid compulsion and let early education be a matter of amusement. Young children learn by games; compulsory education cannot remain in the soul.
artist light inspire
As to the artists, do we not know that he only of them whom love inspires has the light of fame?-he whom love touches not walks in darkness.
teaching wine exercise
Shall we not, then, lay down a law, in the first place, that boys shall abstain altogether from wine till their eighteenth year, thereby teaching that it is wrong to add fire to fire, as through a funnel, pouring it into their body and soul before they proceed to the labor of life, thus exercising a caution as to the maddening habits of youth.
men doors poetry
It is vain for the sober man to knock at poesy's door.
qualified
Only those who do not seek power are qualified to hold it.