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
deem enemy tells truth worst
They deem him the worst enemy who tells them the truth
cling poor soul starve strange strive touch weep
A kiss, and touch of lips; not strange my Soul should cling - Strive to cross, weep to turn, and starve with me poor thing
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I wanted this to have as wide an audience as possible. I didn't want to get an X rating, because in my opinion once that happens you X-out everyone else.
political-will talking-politics libertarian-party
One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.
graduation education teacher
The direction in which education starts a man will determine his future life.
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Lack of activity destroys the good condition of every human being
thankful gratitude appreciation
A grateful mind is a great mind which eventually attracts to itself great things.
worth-living self-discovery
The life which is not examined is not worth living.
harmony results rhythm
Music then is simply the result of the effects of Love on rhythm and harmony.
abstinence temperance
Abstinence is the surety of temperance.
kings philosophy men
Until philosophers rule as kings or those who are now called kings and leading men genuinely and adequately philosophise, that is, until political power and philosophy entirely coincide, while the many natures who at present pursue either one exclusively are forcibly prevented from doing so, cities will have no rest from evils,... nor, I think, will the human race.
kings plato philosophy
Until philosophers are kings, or the kings and princes of this world have the spirit and power of philosophy, and political greatness and wisdom meet in one, and those commoner natures who pursue either to the exclusion of the other are compelled to stand aside, cities will never have rest from their evils - no, nor the human race, as I believe - and then only will this our State have a possibility of life and behold the light of day.
cures should whole
The cure of the part should not be attempted without the cure of the whole.
mistake mind body
The greatest mistake physicians make is that they attempt to cure the body without attempting to cure the mind, yet the mind and the body are one and should not be treated separately!