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
education children teaching
Do not train children to learning by force and harshness, but direct them to it by what amuses their minds.
leadership children humorous
Of all the animals, the boy is the most unmanageable.
people growth dirt
People are like dirt. They can either nourish you and help you grow as a person or they can stunt your growth and make you wilt and die.
spring hero greatness
The people always have some champion whom they set over them and nurse into greatness. ... This and no other is the root from which a tyrant springs; when he first appears he is a protector.
wise imagination giving
Music has the capacity to touch the innermost reaches of the soul and music gives flight to the imagination.
writing names profound
I have a theory that you can make any sentence seem profound by writing the name of a dead philosopher at the end of it.
law democracy letters
The laws of democracy remain a dead letter, its freedom is anarchy, its equality the equality of unequals
children men world
No man should bring children into the world who is unwilling to persevere to the end in their nature and education.
plato school-education education-and-freedom
Knowledge which is acquired under compulsion obtains no hold on the mind.
fitness workout exercise
Lack of activity destroys the good condition of every human being
attitude responsibility law
Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws.
romantic song heart
Every heart sings a song, incomplete, until another heart whispers back. Those who wish to sing always find a song. At the touch of a lover, everyone becomes a poet.
philosophical process recollection
We do not learn; and what we call learning is only a process of recollection.
plato greatness becoming-great
Those who intend on becoming great should love neither themselves or their own things, but only what is just, whether it happens to be done by themselves or others.