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
deem enemy tells truth worst
They deem him the worst enemy who tells them the truth
history nearer poetry truth vital
Poetry is nearer to vital truth than history.
plato speak speak-the-truth
No one is more hated than he who speaks the truth.
truth way relation
Let us affirm what seems to be the truth, that, whether one is or is not, one and the others in relation to themselves and one another, all of them, in every way, are and are not, and appear to be and appear not to be.
truth light shadow
God is truth and light his shadow.
truth numbers quality
The qualities of number appear to lead to the apprehension of truth.
truth essence generations
What essence is to generation, that truth is to belief.
truth thinking asks
All I would ask you to be thinking of is the truth and not Socrates.
truth men order
Seven years of silent inquiry are needful for a man to learn the truth, but fourteen in order to learn how to make it known to his fellow-men.
truth men truth-is
Truth is the beginning of every good to the gods, and of every good to man.
hate words-of-wisdom truthfulness
Truthfulness. He will never willingly tolerate an untruth, but will hate it as much as he loves truth... And is there anything more closely connected with wisdom than truth?
government truth-is states
Whereas the truth is that the State in which the rulers are most reluctant to govern is always the best and most quietly governed, and the State in which they are most eager, the worst.
plato rewards truth-is
Truth is its own reward.
soul universal-truth transient
Knowledge of the soul is the only universal truth and the only wisdom - all other knowledge is transient.