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
soul world entity
This world is indeed a living being endowed with a soul and intelligence ... a single visible living entity containing all other living entities, which by their nature are all related.
dog animal soul
A dog has the soul of a philosopher.
errors soul body
The cure of the part should not be attempted without treatment of the whole. No attempt should be made to cure the body without the soul. Let no one persuade you to cure the head until he has first given you his soul to be cured, for this is the great error of our day, that physicians first separate the soul from the body.
soulmate sight soul-mate
And when one of them meets the other half, the actual half of himself, whether he be a lover of youth or a lover of another sort, the pair are lost in an amazement of love and friendship and intimacy and one will not be out of the other's sight, as I may say, even for a moment...
music plato soul
Music is the movement of sound to reach the soul for the education of its virtue.
beauty wings soul
The contemplation of beauty causes the soul to grow wings.
dance secret-places soul
Music and rhythm find their way into the secret places of the soul
heart justice soul
Justice in the life and conduct of the State is possible only as first it resides in the hearts and souls of the citizens.
atheist errors soul
Atheism is a disease of the soul before it becomes an error of understanding.
soul healthy body
Much more wretched than lackof health inthe body, it is to dwell with a soul that is not healthy, but corrupt.
doors soul lust
The prison of lust is just that very one of which the soul shuts the doors upon herself; for each act of indulgence is the shooting of a fresh bolt.
spiritual soul body
If the head and the body are to be well, you must begin by curing the soul.
men soul next
Of all the things which a man has, next to the gods his soul is the most divine and most truly his own.
sight holy-ground soul
The Graces sought some holy ground, Whose sight should ever please; And in their search the soul they found Of Aristophanes.