“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 soul takes nothing with her to the other world but her education and culture; and these, it is said, are of… — Plato Copy Share Image
Do not use compulsion, but let early education be rather a sort of amusement. — Plato Copy Share Image
The learning and knowledge that we have,is,at the most,but little compared with that of which we are ignorant. — Plato Copy Share Image
“We do not learn, and that what we call learning is only a process of recollection.” — Plato Copy Share Image
Seek truth while you are young, for if you do not, it will later escape your grasp — 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
“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
Do not train children to learning by force and harshness, but direct them to it by what amuses their minds, so that… — Plato Copy Share Image
“It is the task of the enlightened not only to ascend to learning and to see the good but to be willing… — Plato Copy Share Image
Let early education be a sort of amusement. You will then be better able to find out the natural bent. — Plato Copy Share Image
For it is obvious to everybody, I think, that this study [of astronomy] compels the soul to look upward and leads it… — Plato Copy Share Image
The most important part of education is right training in the nursery. The soul of the child in his play should be… — Plato Copy Share Image
The soul of him who has education is whole and perfect and escapes the worst disease, but, if a man's 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
