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
inspirational life lambs
As wolves love lambs so lovers love their loves.
responsibility winning self
To win over your bad self is the grandest and foremost of victories.
boys animal reason
Of all the animals, the boy is the most unmanageable, inasmuch as he has the fountain of reason in him not yet regulated.
knowledge may masters
In things which we know, everyone will trust us ... and we may do as we please, and no one will like to interfere with us; and we are free, and masters of others; and these things will be really ours, for we shall turn them to our good.
life-is family-life disgrace
To him who disgraces his family life is no life, and to such a person there is no one a friend, neither while living nor when dead.
people atheism stubborn
There are few people so stubborn in their atheism who, when danger is pressing in, will not acknowledge the divine power.