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.
doors soul lust
The prison of lust is just that very one of which the soul shuts the doors upon herself; for each act of indulgence is the shooting of a fresh bolt.
spiritual soul body
If the head and the body are to be well, you must begin by curing the soul.
men soul next
Of all the things which a man has, next to the gods his soul is the most divine and most truly his own.
sight holy-ground soul
The Graces sought some holy ground, Whose sight should ever please; And in their search the soul they found Of Aristophanes.
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
pain soul relief
Violent pleasures which reach the soul through the body are generally of this sort-they are reliefs of pain.
children games soul
Avoid compulsion and let early education be a matter of amusement. Young children learn by games; compulsory education cannot remain in the soul.
soul body made
No attempt of curing the body should be made without curing the soul
convince-us justice soul
SOCRATES: Perhaps we may be wrong; if so, you in your wisdom should convince us that we are mistaken in preferring justice to injustice. THRASYMACHUS: And how am I to convince you, he said, if you are not already convinced by what I have just said; what more can I do for you? Would you have me put the proof bodily into your souls?
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.
eye evil soul
For all good and evil, whether in the body or in human nature, originates ... in the soul, and overflows from thence, as from the head into the eyes.
thinking soul looks
For it is obvious to everybody, I think, that this study [of astronomy] compels the soul to look upward and leads it away from things here to higher things.