No trace of slavery ought to mix with the studies of the freeborn man. No study, pursued under compulsion, remains rooted in… — Plato Copy Share Image
There should be no element of slavery in learning. Enforced exercise does no harm to the body, but enforced learning will not… — Plato Copy Share Image
And what shall he suffer who slays him who of all men, as they say, is his own best friend? I mean… — Plato Copy Share Image
Do not use compulsion, but let early education be rather a sort of amusement. — 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
The elements of instruction should be presented to the mind in childhood, but not with any compulsion. — Plato Copy Share Image
Avoid compulsion and let early education be a matter of amusement. Young children learn by games; compulsory education cannot remain in the… — Plato Copy Share Image
“Knowledge which is acquired under compulsion has no hold on the mind. Therefore do not use compulsion, but let early education be… — 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 Image
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 Image
“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 Image
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 Image
“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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
“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 Image
