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
situations-in-life may spheres
A good education is that which prepares us for our future sphere of action and makes us contented with that situation in life in which God, in his infinite mercy, has seen fit to place us, to be perfectly resigned to our lot in life, whatever it may be.
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.
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 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.
You must base the Wisdom on Love.
belief
Maximize the power of the beliefs that strengthen you and neutralize those that weaken you.
sight air sea
We are too feeble and sluggish to make our way out to the upper limit of the air. If someone could reach the summit, or put on wings and fly aloft, when he put up his head he would see the world above, just as fishes see our world when they put up their heads out of the sea; and if his nature were able to bear the sight, he would recognize that that is the true heaven...