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
evil desire good-and-evil
When anything is in the presence of evil, but is not as yet evil, the presence of good arouses the desire of good in that thing; but the presence of evil, which makes a thing evil, takes away the desire and friendship of the good; for that which was once both good and evil has now become evil only, and the good has no friendship with evil.
kind good-service drunkards
A drunkard is unprofitable for any kind of good service.
philosophical good-friend caring
My good friend, you are a citizen of Athens, a city which is very great and very famous for its wisdom and power - are you not ashamed of caring so much for the making of money and for fame and prestige, when you neither think nor care about wisdom and truth and the improvement of your soul?
bad-friend enemy good-enemy
Better a good enemy than a bad friend.
men good-man answers
If you ask: What is the good of education? The answer is easy: Education makes good men and good men act nobly.
feel-good feels ifs
You can't do good if you don't feel good.
good-life life-is
...that not life, but a good life, is to be chiefly valued.
philosophical good-things harm
There is no harm in repeating a good thing.
men evil good-man
No evil can happen to a good man either in life or after death.
men evil good-man
To a good man nothing that happens is evil.
knowing dancing good-education
A good education consists in knowing how to sing and dance well.
death fear good greatest knows people whether
Know one knows whether death, which people fear to be the greatest evil, may not be the greatest good.
men religion good-man
The penalty that good men pay for not being interested in politics is to be governed by men worse than themselves.
education names good-education
A good education is another name for happiness.