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
plato ignorant mathematics
Let no one ignorant of Mathematics enter here.
atheist ignorance roots
Better to be unborn than untaught, for ignorance is the root of all misfortune.
self-esteem lying self-love
The cause of all sins in every case lies in the person's excessive love of self.
break-up disease break
Love: a grave mental disease.
both discontent luxury meanness parent wealth
Wealth and poverty: the one is the parent of luxury and indolence, and the other of meanness and viciousness, and both of discontent
thinking play worry
I think the whole nerves thing comes into play when we worry about what other people and society will think.
who-i-am skins okay
I'm okay in my skin, you know... I'm okay with who I am.
thinking understanding needs
With women and women, I think there's an understanding. Nobody knows what a woman feels or experiences but another woman. We are the nurturers, and there are times when we need to be nurtured.
growing-up vacation skills
Growing up, all I did was work and vacation, but I loved it, no one pushed me into anything. The thing was I developed no special skills. I don't have any resentment because I am a performer and I've always felt that, but it did take its toll socially.
people awful problem
People have an awful lot of problems that society has put on them and a lot to work through because of it.
heart secret attention
I've learned through experience that life is never that bad. The secret is just paying attention to how you feel and not letting anyone else dictate what in your heart you know is right.
certainly medical
They certainly give very strange names to diseases.
happening legislate man sorts
Man never legislates, but destinies and accidents, happening in all sorts of ways, legislate in all sorts of ways.
compared knowledge learning
The learning and knowledge that we have, is, at the most, but little compared with that of which we are ignorant.