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
plato men evil
The greatest penalty of evil-doing is to grow into the likeness of a bad man.
ignorance roots evil
Ignorance: the root of all evil.
evil rewards
There is yet something remaining for the dead, and some far better thing for the good than for the evil.
character men evil
For the man who makes everything that leads to happiness, or near to it, to depend upon himself, and not upon other men, on whose good or evil actions his own doings are compelled to hinge,--such a one, I say, has adopted the very best plan for living happily. This is the man of moderation; this is the man of manly character and of wisdom.
jobs class evil
Interference by the three classes with each other s jobs, and interchange of jobs between them, therefore, does the greatest harm to our state, and we are entirely justified in calling it the worst of evils.
wise ignorance evil
Herein is the evil of ignorance, that he who is neither good nor wise is nevertheless satisfied with himself: he had no desire for that of which he feels no want.
men evil religion
For though a man should be a complete unbeliever in the being of gods; if he also has a native uprightness of temper, such persons will detest evil in men; their repugnance to wrong disinclines them to commit wrongful acts; they shun the unrighteous and are drawn to the upright.
evil noble return
It is not noble to return evil for evil, at no time ought we to do an injury to our neighbors.
justice evil injustice
To do injustice is the greatest of all evils.
law evil citizens
The form of law which I propose would be as follows: In a state which is desirous of being saved from the greatest of all plagues-not faction, but rather distraction-there should exist among the citizens neither extreme poverty nor, again, excessive wealth, for both are productive of great evil . . . Now the legislator should determine what is to be the limit of poverty or of wealth.
cutting men evil
The greatest penalty of evil-doing is to grow into the likeness of bad men, and, growing like them, to fly from the conversation of the good, and be cut off from them, and cleave to and follow after the company of the bad.
mistake men evil
You may be sure, dear Crito, that inaccurate language is not only in itself a mistake: it implants evil in men's souls.
evil wicked turns
Fly from the company of the wicked--fly and turn not back.
philosophical ignorance evil
Entire ignorance is not so terrible or extreme an evil, and is far from being the greatest of all.