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
should-have judging long
The judge should not be young, he should have learned to know evil, not from his own soul, but from late and long observation of the nature of evil in others.
hands people words-of-wisdom
We are like people looking for something they have in their hands all the time; we're looking in all directions except at the thing we want, which is probably why we haven't found it.
depression class construction
Our object in the construction of the state is the greatest happiness of the whole, and not that of any one class.
beauty beautiful taken
The power of the Good has taken refuge in the nature of the Beautiful
philosophy philosophical wonder
Philosophy begins in wonder.
men order law
Laws are partly formed for the sake of good men, in order to instruct them how they may live on friendly terms with one another, and partly for the sake of those who refuse to be instructed, whose spirit cannot be subdued, or softened, or hindered from plunging into evil.
men hands victory-and-defeat
There's a victory and defeat-the first and best of victories, the lowest and worst of defeats-which each man gains or sustains at the hands not of another, but of himself.
air mind body
Music is to the mind as air is to the body...
beauty being-beautiful simplicity
Beauty of style and harmony and grace and good rhythm depend on Simplicity.
men soul he-man
The man who hath music in his soul will be most in love with the loveliest.
order lust sloth
Lust is inseparably accompanied with the troubling of all order, with impudence, unseemliness, sloth, and dissoluteness.
math numbers degrees
Numbers are the highest degree of knowledge. It is knowledge itself.
lying philosophical liberty
Excess of liberty, whether it lies in state or individuals, seems only to pass into excess of slavery.
philosophical ifs
If particulars are to have meaning, there must be universals.