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
song philosophical heart
Every heart sings a song, incomplete, until another heart whispers back.
truth lying knowing-nothing
False words are not only evil in themselves, but they infect the soul with evil.
jokes
...the Gods too love a joke.
science religion human-nature
But he who has been earnest in the love of knowledge and of true wisdom, and has exercised his intellect more than any other part of him, must have thoughts immortal and divine. If he attain truth, and in so far as human nature is capable of sharing in immortality, he must altogether be immortal.
evil poverty citizens
There should exist among the citizens neither extreme poverty nor again excessive wealth, for both are productive of great evil.
thankful gratitude appreciation
A grateful mind is a great mind which eventually attracts to itself great things.
wise wisdom men
The wise man will want to be ever with him who is better than himself.
atheist errors soul
Atheism is a disease of the soul before it becomes an error of understanding.
work self discipline
The first and the best victory is to conquer self.
apology men wisest-man
I am the wisest man alive, for I know one thing, and that is that I know nothing.
plato desire flow
Human behavior flows from three main sources: desire, emotion, and knowledge.
lying shadow culture
Those who are able to see beyond the shadows and lies of their culture will never be understood let alone believed by the masses.
spiritual country dark
The souls of people, on their way to Earth-life, pass through a room full of lights; each takes a taper - often only a spark - to guide it in the dim country of this world. But some souls, by rare fortune, are detained longer - have time to grasp a handful of tapers, which they weave into a torch. These are the torch-bearers of humanity - its poets, seers and saints, who lead and lift the race out of darkness, toward the light. They are the law-givers and saviors, the light-bringers, way-showers and truth-tellers, and without them, humanity would lose its way in the dark.
men animal faces
When man is not properly trained, he is the most savage animal on the face of the globe.