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
hate thinking play
I'm learning to play by the rules. I sort of hate to think of it that way, but that's how it is. I'm really learning to function out there and in such a way that I don't need to drink.
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.
worry wish stuff
All that money stuff was so strange; all it ever meant to me was freedom from worry. I'm happier now than I've ever been but I still wish I had that money.
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.
limits energy would-be
If it feels right and I'm not going against any energy in myself or the situation, there would be no limit.
age calm equally hardly nature opposite pressure youth
He who is of calm and happy nature will hardly feel the pressure of age, but to him who is of an opposite disposition youth and age are equally a burden.
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.
becomes love
At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet.
anger greek-philosopher
There are two things a person should never be angry at, what they can help, and what they cannot.
compared knowledge learning
The learning and knowledge that we have, is, at the most, but little compared with that of which we are ignorant.
conquest enemies fear foreign order people require stirring tyrant war
When the tyrant has disposed of foreign enemies by conquest or treaty, and there is nothing more to fear from them, then he is always stirring up some war or other, in order that the people may require a leader.
man
Man - a being in search of meaning.