--- title: "4 Arithmetic Quotes By Plato" description: "4 Arithmetic quotes by Plato. Plus more from Plato and more Arithmetic sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/020/plato-103_abstract_arithmetic-has-a-very-great-and-elevatin_1666885.jpg" --- > [Arithmetic has a very great and elevating effect, compelling the soul to reason about abstract number, and rebelling against the introduction of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plato/arithmetic-has-a-very-great-and-elevating-effect-compelling-the-soul/) [Plato](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plato/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/020/plato-103_abstract_arithmetic-has-a-very-great-and-elevatin_1666885.jpg) > [Arithmetic is a kind of knowledge in which the best natures should be trained, and which must not be given up.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plato/arithmetic-is-a-kind-of-knowledge-in-which-the-best-natures-should-be/) [Plato](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plato/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ec4/plato-103_arithmetic_arithmetic-is-a-kind-of-knowledge-in-whi_1791629.jpg) > [At the Egyptian city of Naucratis there was a famous old god whose name was Theuth; the bird which is called the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plato/at-the-egyptian-city-of-naucratis-there-was-a-famous-old-god-whose/) [Plato](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plato/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0f0/plato-103_arithmetic_at-the-egyptian-city-of-naucratis-there_2506950.jpg) > [There still remain three studies suitable for free man. Arithmetic is one of them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plato/there-still-remain-three-studies-suitable-for-free-man-arithmetic-is/) [Plato](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plato/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f7e/plato-103_arithmetic_there-still-remain-three-studies-suitabl_2629208.jpg) ## Other authors on Arithmetic - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b005/author-bertrand-russell-17477.jpg) Bertrand Russell 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/arithmetic/bertrand-russell/) ## More by Plato > [Each man is capable of doing one thing well. If he attempts several, he will fail to achieve distinction in any.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plato/each-man-is-capable-of-doing-one-thing-well-if-he-attempts-several-he/) [Plato](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plato/) > [You may be sure, dear Crito, that inaccurate language is not only in itself a mistake: it implants evil in men's souls.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plato/you-may-be-sure-dear-crito-that-inaccurate-language-is-not-only-in/) [Plato](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plato/) > [“If men learn this, it will implant forgetfulness in their souls; they will cease to exercise memory because they rely on that which is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plato/if-men-learn-this-it-will-implant-forgetfulness-in-their-souls-they/) [Plato](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plato/) > [Knowledge which is acquired under compulsion obtains no hold on the mind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plato/knowledge-which-is-acquired-under-compulsion-obtains-no-hold-on-the/) [Plato](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plato/) > [I do not think it is permitted that a better man be harmed by a worse.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plato/i-do-not-think-it-is-permitted-that-a-better-man-be-harmed-by-a-worse/) [Plato](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plato/) > [Any city, however small, is in fact divided into two, one the city of the poor, the other of the rich; these are at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plato/any-city-however-small-is-in-fact-divided-into-two-one-the-city-of/) [Plato](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plato/) > [When men speak ill of thee, live so as nobody may believe them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plato/when-men-speak-ill-of-thee-live-so-as-nobody-may-believe-them/) [Plato](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plato/) > [“The love of man to woman is a thing common and of course, and at first partakes more of instinct and passion than of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plato/the-love-of-man-to-woman-is-a-thing-common-and-of-course-and-at-first/) [Plato](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plato/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plato/strange-times-are-these-in-which-we-live-when-old-and-young-are/) [Plato](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plato/) > [“He was a wise man who invented God.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plato/he-was-a-wise-man-who-invented-god/) [Plato](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plato/) > [For let me tell you, that the more the pleasures of the body fade away, the greater to me is the pleasure and charm…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plato/for-let-me-tell-you-that-the-more-the-pleasures-of-the-body-fade-away/) [Plato](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plato/) > [“What shall we say about those spectators, then, who can see a plurality of beautiful things, but not beauty itself, and who are incapable…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plato/what-shall-we-say-about-those-spectators-then-who-can-see-a-plurality/) [Plato](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plato/) > [Geometry existed before creation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plato/geometry-existed-before-creation/) [Plato](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plato/) > [When men speak ill of thee, live so that nobody will believe them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plato/when-men-speak-ill-of-thee-live-so-that-nobody-will-believe-them/) [Plato](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plato/) > [We must, if we are to be consistent, and if we re to have a real pedigree herd, mate the best of our men…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plato/we-must-if-we-are-to-be-consistent-and-if-we-re-to-have-a-real/) [Plato](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plato/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/arithmetic/plato/#itemlist", "name": "4 Arithmetic Quotes By Plato", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Arithmetic has a very great and elevating effect, compelling the soul to reason about abstract number, and rebelling against the introduction of visible or tngible objects into the argument.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Plato" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plato/arithmetic-has-a-very-great-and-elevating-effect-compelling-the-soul/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/020/plato-103_abstract_arithmetic-has-a-very-great-and-elevatin_1666885.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/020/plato-103_abstract_arithmetic-has-a-very-great-and-elevatin_1666885.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/020/plato-103_abstract_arithmetic-has-a-very-great-and-elevatin_1666885.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Arithmetic has a very great and elevating effect, compelling the soul to reason about abstract number, and…” — Plato", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Arithmetic is a kind of knowledge in which the best natures should be trained, and which must not be given up.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Plato" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plato/arithmetic-is-a-kind-of-knowledge-in-which-the-best-natures-should-be/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ec4/plato-103_arithmetic_arithmetic-is-a-kind-of-knowledge-in-whi_1791629.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ec4/plato-103_arithmetic_arithmetic-is-a-kind-of-knowledge-in-whi_1791629.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ec4/plato-103_arithmetic_arithmetic-is-a-kind-of-knowledge-in-whi_1791629.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Arithmetic is a kind of knowledge in which the best natures should be trained, and which must not be given up.” — Plato", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "At the Egyptian city of Naucratis there was a famous old god whose name was Theuth; 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