As long as I draw breath and am able, I won't give up practicing philosophy. — Plato Copy Share Image
For this feeling of wonder shows that you are a philosopher, since wonder is the only beginning of philosophy. — Plato Copy Share Image
Those who practice philosophy in the right way are in training for dying and they fear death least of all men. — Plato Copy Share Image
“Of course, he said, he who is of a certain nature, is like those who are of a certain nature; he who… — Plato Copy Share Image
“the matter is as it is in all other cases: if it is naturally in you to be a good orator, a… — Plato Copy Share Image
“One of the penalties of refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.” — Plato Copy Share Image
“[T]hose who practice philosophy in the right way are in training for dying and they fear death least of all men.” — Plato Copy Share Image
Philosophy is an elegant thing, if anyone modestly meddles with it; but if they are conversant with it more than is becoming,… — Plato Copy Share Image
“The mind more often faints from the severity of study than from the severity of gymnastics: the toil is more entirely the… — Plato Copy Share Image
There will be no end to the troubles of states, or of humanity itself, till philosophers become kings in this world, or… — Plato Copy Share Image
One should turn towards the main ocean of the-beautiful-in-the-world so that one may by, contemplation of this Form, bring forth in all… — Plato Copy Share Image
And tell him it's quite true that the best of the philosophers are of no use to their fellows; but that he… — 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
“repeating the commonplaces about atheism and materialism and sophistry, which are the stock-accusations against all philosophers when there is nothing else to… — Plato Copy Share Image
“Other people are likely not to be aware that those who pursue philosophy aright study nothing but dying and being dead. Now… — Plato Copy Share Image
“If it is pure when it leaves the body and drags nothing bodily with it, as it had no willing association with… — Plato Copy Share Image
And not only did men pass into animals, but I must also mention that there were animals tame and wild who changed… — Plato Copy Share Image
I don't know anything that gives me greater pleasure, or profit either, than talking or listening to philosophy. But when it comes… — Plato Copy Share Image
“...when he looks at Beauty in the only way that Beauty can be seen - only then will it become possible for… — Plato Copy Share Image
Homosexuality is regarded as shameful by barbarians and by those who live under despotic governments just as philosophy is regarded as shameful… — 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
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
'But the man who is ready to taste every form of knowledge, is glad to learn and never satisfied - he's the… — Plato Copy Share Image
“Musical training is a more potent instrument than any other, because rhythm and harmony find their way into the inward places of… — Plato Copy Share Image
Wonder [said Socrates] is very much the affection of a philosopher; for there is no other beginning of philosophy than this. — Plato Copy Share Image
What is at issue is the conversion of the mind from the twilight of error to the truth, that climb up into… — Plato Copy Share Image
“I would teach children music, physics, and philosophy; but most importantly music, for the patterns in music and all the arts are… — Plato Copy Share Image
“If it were necessary either to do wrong or to suffer it, I should choose to suffer rather than do it.” — Plato Copy Share Image
The philosopher whose dealings are with divine order himself acquires the characteristics of order and divinity. — Plato Copy Share Image
“Čežnja za filozofijom je iskra u duši koja se, kada se jednom zapali, održava i više ne gasi.” — Plato Copy Share Image
“How could they see anything but the shadows if they were never allowed to move their heads?” — Plato Copy Share Image
It is fear and terror that make all men brave, except the philosophers. Yet it is illogical to be brave through fear… — Plato Copy Share Image
“Piety, then, is that which is dear to the gods, and impiety is that which is not dear to them.” — Plato Copy Share Image
Until philosophers hold power, neither states nor individuals will have rest from trouble. — 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