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
soulmate sight soul-mate
And when one of them meets the other half, the actual half of himself, whether he be a lover of youth or a lover of another sort, the pair are lost in an amazement of love and friendship and intimacy and one will not be out of the other's sight, as I may say, even for a moment...
character musical elements
Music is a defining element of character.
plato ignorance roots
Ignorance, the root and the stem of every evil.
music plato soul
Music is the movement of sound to reach the soul for the education of its virtue.
mother invention
Necessity, who is the mother of our invention.
self essence self-knowledge
The essence of knowledge is self-knowledge,
beauty wings soul
The contemplation of beauty causes the soul to grow wings.
two greek half
According to Greek mythology, humans were originally created with four arms, four legs and a head with two faces. Fearing their power, Zeus split them into two separate parts, condemning them to spend their lives in search of their other halves.
men failing achieve
Each man is capable of doing one thing well. If he attempts several, he will fail to achieve distinction in any.
men vision
Man is a being in search of meaning.
philosophical doe tao
Wisest is he who knows what he does not know.
life men study
The noblest of all studies is the study of what man is and of what life he should live.
men knowing-who-you-are should
No man should be angry with what is true.
confused inspiration mean
Man's music is seen as a means of restoring the soul, as well as confused and discordant bodily afflictions, to the harmonic proportions that it shares with the world soul of the cosmos.