Death Quotes by Plato

This alone is to be feared: the closed mind, the sleeping imagination, the death of spirit.

— Plato

Can any man be courageous who has the fear of death in him?

— Plato

The whole life of the philosopher is a preparation for death.

— Plato

No one knows whether death may not be the greatest good that can happen to man.

— Plato

Must not all things at the last be swallowed up in death?

— Plato

We understand why children are afraid of darkness ... but why are men afraid of light?

— Plato

Our love for our children springs from the soul's greatest yearning for immortality.

— Plato

No evil can happen to a good man either in life or after death.

— Plato

No one knows whether death, which people fear to be the greatest evil, may not be the greatest good.

— Plato

A good man cannot be harmed either in life or in death, and his affairs are not neglected by the gods.

— Plato

No one knows whether death is really the greatest blessing a man can have, but they fear it is the greatest curse,…

— Plato

To fear death, gentlemen, is no other then to think oneself wise when one is not, to think one knows what one…

— Plato

Those who practice philosophy in the right way are in training for dying and they fear death least of all men.

— Plato

No one knows whether death may not be the greatest of all blessings for a man, yet men fear it as if…

— Plato

Such, Echecrates, was the end of our comrade, who was, we may fairly say, of all those whom we knew in our…

— Plato

To fear death, my friends, is only to think ourselves wise without really being wise, for it is to think that we…

— Plato

You are mistaken, my friend, if you think that a man who is worth anything ought to spend his time weighing up…

— Plato

O youth or young man, who fancy that you are neglected by the gods, know that if you become worse, you shall…

— Plato

“Plato is widely believed to have been a student of Socrates and to have been deeply influenced by his teacher's unjust death.…

— Plato

“For to fear death, my friends, is only to think ourselves wise without really being wise, for it is to think that…

— Plato

The doctors will treat those of your citizens whose physical and psychological constitution is good: as for the others, they will leave…

— Plato

“For to fear death, men, is in fact nothing other than to seem to be wise, but not to be so. For…

— Plato

“what if the man could see Beauty Itself, pure, unalloyed, stripped of mortality, and all its pollution, stains, and vanities, unchanging, divine,...the…

— Plato

“It is the task of the enlightened not only to ascend to learning and to see the good but to be willing…

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“if someone got to see the Beautiful itself, absolute, pure, unmixed, not polluted by human flesh or colors or any other great…

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But this is not difficult, O Athenians! to escape death; but it is much more difficult to avoid depravity, for it runs…

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“Let us reflect in another way, and we shall see that there is great reason to hope that death is a good;…

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“if you are willing to reflect on the courage and moderation of other people, you will find them strange...they all consider death…

— Plato

“Not much time will be gained, O Athenians, in return for the evil name which you will get from the detractors of…

— Plato

“Must not all things at last be swallowed up in Death?”

— Plato

Death is not the worst that can happen to men.

— Plato

I have good hope that there is something after death.

— Plato

I am about to die, and that is the hour in which men are gifted with prophetic power.

— Plato

Know one knows whether death, which people fear to be the greatest evil, may not be the greatest good.

— Plato

The fear of death is indeed the pretence of wisdom, and not real wisdom, being the appearance of knowing the unknown.

— Plato

“[T]hose who practice philosophy in the right way are in training for dying and they fear death least of all men.”

— Plato

“I certainly have many enemies, and this is what will be my destruction if I am destroyed; of that I am certain;…

— Plato

What if the man could see Beauty Itself, pure, unalloyed, stripped of mortality, and all its pollution, stains, and vanities, unchanging, divine,...…

— Plato

“Cookery simulates the disguise of medicine, and pretends to know what food is the best for the body; and if the physician…

— Plato

And a democracy, I suppose, comes into being when the poor, winning the victory, put to death some of the other party,…

— Plato