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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There's a victory, and defeat; the first and best of victories, the lowest and worst of defeats which each man gains or sustains at the hands not of another, but of himself.
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There are two things a person should never be angry at, what they can help, and what they cannot.
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Your dog is your only philosopher.
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The philosopher whose dealings are with divine order himself acquires the characteristics of order and divinity.
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Wonder [said Socrates] is very much the affection of a philosopher; for there is no other beginning of philosophy than this.
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A State would be happy where philosophers were kings, or kings philosophers.
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And tell him it's quite true that the best of the philosophers are of no use to their fellows; but that he should blame, not the philosophers, but those who fail to make use of them.
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Who are the true philosophers? Those whose passion is to love the truth.
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States will never be happy until rulers become philosophers or philosophers become rulers.
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We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.
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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.