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
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?
leadership sports use
Do not use compulsion, but let early education be rather a sort of amusement.
words-of-wisdom use philosopher
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.
dance men dancing
So the well educated man can learn to sing and dance well.
dance order dancing
In order to be a good soldier it is necessary to know how to dance.
drinking wine lovers
And what do you say of lovers of wine... they are glad of any pretext of drinking any wine
qualified
Only those who do not seek power are qualified to hold it.
generations immortality everlasting
The mortal nature is seeking as far as is possible to be everlasting and immortal: and this is only to be attained by generation, because the new is always left in the place of the old.
knowledge people pleasure
Most people affirm pleasure to be the good, but the finer sort of wits say it is knowledge.
pain soul relief
Violent pleasures which reach the soul through the body are generally of this sort-they are reliefs of pain.
divine-order divinity philosopher
The philosopher whose dealings are with divine order himself acquires the characteristics of order and divinity.
persuasion knows seeking
Either we shall find what it is we are seeking or at least we shall free ourselves from the persuasion that we know what we do not know.
contemplating
We become what we contemplate.
money war sake
All wars are fought for the sake of getting money.