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
soul healthy body
Much more wretched than lackof health inthe body, it is to dwell with a soul that is not healthy, but corrupt.
spiritual soul body
If the head and the body are to be well, you must begin by curing the soul.
soul body contemplating
If we are ever to have pure knowledge of anything, we must get rid of the body and contemplate things by themselves with the soul by itself.
soul body made
No attempt should be made to cure the body without the soul
body affair love-affair
Health is a consumation of a love affair of all the organs of the body.
body pleasure conversation
The more the pleasures of the body fade away, the greater to me is the pleasure and charm of conversation.
soul body made
No attempt of curing the body should be made without curing the soul
eye soul body
You ought not attempt to cure the eyes without the head, or the head without the body, so neither ought you attempt to cure the body without the soul.
errors soul body
You ought not to heal the body without the soul, for this is the great error of our day in treating the human body.
plato body physicians
Is it not also true that no physician, in so far as he is a physician, considers or enjoins what is for the physician's interest, but that all seek the good of their patients? For we have agreed that a physician strictly so called, is a ruler of bodies, and not a maker of money, have we not?
people would-be body
Just as it would be madness to settle on medical treatment for the body of a person by taking an opinion poll of the neighbors, so it is irrational to prescribe for the body politic by polling the opinions of the people at large.
soul body want
Before all it's necessary to look after the Soul, if you want the head and the rest of the body to function correctly.
mistake mind body
The greatest mistake physicians make is that they attempt to cure the body without attempting to cure the mind, yet the mind and the body are one and should not be treated separately!
oysters body shells
We are bound to our bodies like an oyster to its shell.