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
death men worst
Death is not the worst that can happen to men.
believe ill men
When men speak ill of thee, live so as nobody may believe them.
men giving perfect
The good man is the only excellent musician, because he gives forth a perfect harmony not with a lyre or other instrument but with the whole of his life.
believe caring men
When men speak ill of thee, live so that nobody will believe them.
believe men looks
We will be better men, braver and less idle, if we believe that one must search for the things one does not know, rather than if we believe that it is not possible to find out what we do not know and that we must not look for it.
men failing achieve
Each man is capable of doing one thing well. If he attempts several, he will fail to achieve distinction in any.
men vision
Man is a being in search of meaning.
life men study
The noblest of all studies is the study of what man is and of what life he should live.
men knowing-who-you-are should
No man should be angry with what is true.
men religion good-man
The penalty that good men pay for not being interested in politics is to be governed by men worse than themselves.
athlete men savages
He who is only an athlete is too crude, too vulgar, too much a savage. He who is a scholar only is too soft, to effeminate. The ideal citizen is the scholar athlete, the man of thought and the man of action.
children men world
No man should bring children into the world who is unwilling to persevere to the end in their nature and education.
wise wisdom men
The wise man will want to be ever with him who is better than himself.
apology men wisest-man
I am the wisest man alive, for I know one thing, and that is that I know nothing.