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
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Knowledge without justice ought to be called cunning rather than wisdom.
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The learning and knowledge that we have, is, at the most, but little compared with that of which we are ignorant.
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Most people affirm pleasure to be the good, but the finer sort of wits say it is knowledge.
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The science [geometry] is pursued for the sake of the knowledge of what eternally exists, and not of what comes for a moment into existence, and then perishes.
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There is far greater peril in buying knowledge than in buying meat and drink.
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A library of wisdom, is more precious than all wealth, and all things that are desirable cannot be compared to it. Whoever therefore claims to be zealous of truth, of happiness, of wisdom or knowledge, must become a lover of books.
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The knowledge of which geometry aims is the knowledge of the eternal.
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A good decision is based on knowledge, and not on numbers.
self essence self-knowledge
The essence of knowledge is self-knowledge,
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Time carries off all things; wouldst thou exchange - Name, looks, nature, luck? Just give time full range
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Perfect wisdom has four parts, viz., wisdom, the principle of doing things aright; justice, the principle of doing things equally in public and private; fortitude, the principle of not flying danger, but meeting it; and temperance, the principle of subduing desires and living moderately.
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Someday, in the distant future, our grandchildren's grandchildren will develop a new equivalent of our classrooms. They will spend many hours in front of boxes with fires glowing within. May they have the wisdom to know the difference between light and knowledge.
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Moderation, which consists in an indifference about little things, and in a prudent and well-proportioned zeal about things of importance, can proceed from nothing but true knowledge, which has its foundation in self-acquaintance.
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Those who seek power are not worthy of that power.