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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Wealth and poverty: the one is the parent of luxury and indolence, and the other of meanness and viciousness, and both of discontent
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Wealth does not bring excellence, but that wealth comes from excellence.
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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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To be at once exceedingly wealthy and good is impossible.
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The greatest wealth is to live content with little.
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Poverty doesn't come because of the decrease of wealth but because of the increase of desires.
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Wealth is well known to be a great comforter.
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Those who seek power are not worthy of that power.
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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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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.
plato ignorance opinion
Opinion is the medium between knowledge and ignorance.
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The good man is the only excellent musician, because he gives forth a perfect harmony not with a lyre or other instrument but with the whole of his life.
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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.