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
beauty wings soul
The contemplation of beauty causes the soul to grow wings.
teacher educational philosophy
All learning is in the learner, not the teacher.
love war fighting
Whence comes war and fighting, and factions? Whence but from the body and the lust of the body? Wars are occasioned by the love of money, and money has to be acquired for the same and service of the body.
soul world entity
This world is indeed a living being endowed with a soul and intelligence ... a single visible living entity containing all other living entities, which by their nature are all related.
wise wisdom mean
The god, O men, seems to me to be really wise; and by his oracle to mean this, that the wisdom of this world is foolishness and of none effect.
science astrology heaven
Perhaps there is a pattern set up in the heavens for one who desires to see it, and having seen it, to find one in himself.
inspirational dream sleep
How can you prove whether at this moment we are sleeping, and all our thoughts are a dream; or whether we are awake, and talking to one another in the waking state?
self deception self-deception
The worst of all deceptions is self-deception.
education children teaching
Do not train children to learning by force and harshness, but direct them to it by what amuses their minds.
truth men honor
You should not honor men more than truth.
thought-provoking house soul
A house that has a library in it has a soul.
leadership taken new-beginnings
The beginning is the most important part of any work, especially in the case of a young and tender thing; for that is the time at which the character is being formed and the desired impression is more readily taken.
thankful gratitude appreciation
A grateful mind is a great mind which eventually attracts to itself great things.
philosophical ifs
If particulars are to have meaning, there must be universals.