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
ignorance important branches
To remove ignorance is an important branch of benevolence.
education names good-education
A good education is another name for happiness.
I'll get a valium from someone and sleep.
lying shadow culture
Those who are able to see beyond the shadows and lies of their culture will never be understood let alone believed by the masses.
beautiful stars caves
Welcome out of the cave, my friend. It's a bit colder out here, but the stars are just beautiful.
practice skills excellence
Excellence" is not a gift, but a skill that takes practice. We do not act "rightly" because we are "excellent", in fact we achieve "excellence" by acting "rightly".
men failing achieve
Each man is capable of doing one thing well. If he attempts several, he will fail to achieve distinction in any.
You cannot conceive the many without the one.
men soul he-man
The man who hath music in his soul will be most in love with the loveliest.
children educational teaching
Education is teaching our children to desire the right things.
plato lying men
Again, truth should be highly valued; if, as we were saying, a lie is useless to the gods, and useful only as a medicine to men, then the use of such medicines should be restricted to physicians; private individuals have no business with them.
plato justice lasts
And all knowledge, when separated from justice and virtue, is seen to be cunning and not wisdom; wherefore make this your first and last and constant and all-absorbing aim, to exceed, if possible, not only us but all your ancestors in virtue; and know that to excel you in virtue only brings us shame, but that to be excelled by you is a source of happiness to us.
plato
Wisdom alone is the science of others sciences.
love men two
And so, when a person meets the half that is his very own, whatever his orientation, whether it's to young men or not, then something wonderful happens: the two are struck from their senses by love, by a sense of belonging to one another, and by desire, and they don't want to be separated from one another, not even for a moment.