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
writing names profound
I have a theory that you can make any sentence seem profound by writing the name of a dead philosopher at the end of it.
law democracy letters
The laws of democracy remain a dead letter, its freedom is anarchy, its equality the equality of unequals
children men world
No man should bring children into the world who is unwilling to persevere to the end in their nature and education.
plato school-education education-and-freedom
Knowledge which is acquired under compulsion obtains no hold on the mind.
fitness workout exercise
Lack of activity destroys the good condition of every human being
attitude responsibility law
Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws.
romantic song heart
Every heart sings a song, incomplete, until another heart whispers back. Those who wish to sing always find a song. At the touch of a lover, everyone becomes a poet.
philosophical process recollection
We do not learn; and what we call learning is only a process of recollection.
plato greatness becoming-great
Those who intend on becoming great should love neither themselves or their own things, but only what is just, whether it happens to be done by themselves or others.
song philosophical heart
Every heart sings a song, incomplete, until another heart whispers back.
truth lying knowing-nothing
False words are not only evil in themselves, but they infect the soul with evil.
jokes
...the Gods too love a joke.
science religion human-nature
But he who has been earnest in the love of knowledge and of true wisdom, and has exercised his intellect more than any other part of him, must have thoughts immortal and divine. If he attain truth, and in so far as human nature is capable of sharing in immortality, he must altogether be immortal.
evil poverty citizens
There should exist among the citizens neither extreme poverty nor again excessive wealth, for both are productive of great evil.