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
real needs creator
Our need will be the real creator.
law reign needs
Where love reigns, there's no need for laws.
firsts doe needs
You need some knowledge to recognize knowledge, so where does the first knowledge come from?
justice needs would-be
Not to help justice in her need would be an impiety.
love needs hunger-and-thirst
The god of love lives in a state of need. It is a need. It is an urge. It is a homeostatic imbalance. Like hunger and thirst, it's almost impossible to stamp out.
love-life needs hunger-and-thirst
The God of Love lives in a state of need.
thinking understanding needs
With women and women, I think there's an understanding. Nobody knows what a woman feels or experiences but another woman. We are the nurturers, and there are times when we need to be nurtured.
leadership power seek worthy
Those who seek power are not worthy of that power.
carries exchange full luck range thou time
Time carries off all things; wouldst thou exchange - Name, looks, nature, luck? Just give time full range
adopted best character depends happiness leads living man manly plan wisdom
The man who makes everything that leads to happiness depends upon himself, and not upon other men, has adopted the very best plan for living happily. This is the man of moderation, the man of manly character and of wisdom.
clear compels draws
It is clear to everyone that astronomy at all events compels the soul to look upwards, and draws it from the things of this world to the other.
conquer conquered great shameful
The first and greatest victory is to conquer yourself; to be conquered by yourself is of all things most shameful and vile.
came inventions nor work
I never did anything worth doing by accident, nor did any of my inventions come by accident; they came by work.
best defeats gains greek-philosopher lowest man sustains worst
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.