There is far greater peril in buying knowledge than in buying meat and drink. — Plato Copy Share Image
“Then we shan’t regard anyone as a lover of knowledge or wisdom who is fussy about what he studies…” — Plato Copy Share Image
You need some knowledge to recognize knowledge, so where does the first knowledge come from? — Plato Copy Share Image
The object of knowledge is what exists and its function to know about reality. — Plato Copy Share Image
Those who have knowledge are more confident than those who have no knowledge, and they are more confident after they have learned… — Plato Copy Share Image
“Bodily exercise, when compulsory, does no harm to the body; but knowledge which is acquired under compulsion obtains no hold on the… — Plato Copy Share Image
I know not how I may seem to others, but to myself I am but a small child wandering upon the vast… — Plato Copy Share Image
The science [geometry] is pursued for the sake of the knowledge of what eternally exists, and not of what comes for a… — Plato Copy Share Image
“Socrates: This man, on one hand, believes that he knows something, while not knowing [anything]. On the other hand, I – equally… — Plato Copy Share Image
Arithmetic is a kind of knowledge in which the best natures should be trained, and which must not be given up. — Plato Copy Share Image
Knowledge of the soul is the only universal truth and the only wisdom - all other knowledge is transient. — Plato Copy Share Image
Entire ignorance is not so terrible or extreme an evil, and is far from being the greatest of all; too much cleverness… — Plato Copy Share Image
And all knowledge, when separated from justice and virtue, is seen to be cunning and not wisdom; wherefore make this your first… — Plato Copy Share Image
In things which we know, everyone will trust us ... and we may do as we please, and no one will like… — Plato Copy Share Image
Someday, in the distant future, our grand-children' s grand-children will develop a new equivalent of our classrooms. They will spend many hours… — Plato Copy Share Image
Someday, in the distant future, our grandchildren's grandchildren will develop a new equivalent of our classrooms. They will spend many hours in… — Plato Copy Share Image
Moderation, which consists in indifference about little things, and in a prudent and well-proportioned zeal about things of importance, can proceed from… — Plato Copy Share Image
One trait in the philosopher's character we can assume is his love of the knowledge that reveals eternal reality, the realm unaffected… — Plato Copy Share Image
So the state founded on natural principles is wise as a whole in virtue of the knowledge inherent in its smallest constituent… — Plato Copy Share Image
“Whenever someone, on seeing something, realizes that that which he now sees wants to be like some other reality but falls short… — Plato Copy Share Image
“Whereas, our argument shows that the power and capacity of learning exists in the soul already; and that just as the eye… — Plato Copy Share Image
Then may we not fairly plead in reply that our true lover of knowledge naturally strives for truth, and is not content… — Plato Copy Share Image
The true lover of learning then must his earliest youth, as far as in him lies, desire all truth… He whose desires… — Plato Copy Share Image
In the world of knowledge, the essential Form of Good is the limit of our inquiries, and can barely be perceived; but,… — Plato Copy Share Image
“This was her original state; and then, as I was saying, and as the lovers of knowledge are well aware, philosophy, seeing… — Plato Copy Share Image
“Imagine that the keeper of a huge, strong beast notices what makes it angry, what it desires, how it has to be… — Plato Copy Share Image
“[Dialogue between Solon and an Egyptian Priest] In the Egyptian Delta, at the head of which the river Nile divides, there is… — Plato Copy Share Image
And what, Socrates, is the food of the soul? Surely, I said, knowledge is the food of the soul. — Plato Copy Share Image
Each man is capable of doing one thing well. If he attempts several, he will fail to achieve distinction in any. — Plato Copy Share
You may be sure, dear Crito, that inaccurate language is not only in itself a mistake: it implants evil in men's souls. — Plato Copy Share
“If men learn this, it will implant forgetfulness in their souls; they will cease to exercise memory because they rely on that which is… — Plato Copy Share
Any city, however small, is in fact divided into two, one the city of the poor, the other of the rich; these are at… — Plato Copy Share
“The love of man to woman is a thing common and of course, and at first partakes more of instinct and passion than of… — Plato Copy Share
Strange times are these in which we live when old and young are taught in falsehood's school, and the one man that dares to… — Plato Copy Share
For let me tell you, that the more the pleasures of the body fade away, the greater to me is the pleasure and charm… — Plato Copy Share
“What shall we say about those spectators, then, who can see a plurality of beautiful things, but not beauty itself, and who are incapable… — Plato Copy Share
We must, if we are to be consistent, and if we re to have a real pedigree herd, mate the best of our men… — Plato Copy Share
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