Knowledge Quotes by Plato

All knowledge is but remembrance.

— Plato

Knowledge is the rediscovering of our own insight.

— Plato

Knowledge is true opinion.

— Plato

This I know - that I know nothing.

— Plato

Knowledge becomes evil if the aim be not virtuous.

— Plato

Knowledge is the food of the soul.

— Plato

The essence of knowledge is self-knowledge,

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A wise ignorance is an essential part of knowledge.

— Plato

A good decision is based on knowledge, and not on numbers.

— Plato

The object of knowledge is what exists and its function to know about reality.

— Plato

You need some knowledge to recognize knowledge, so where does the first knowledge come from?

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Knowledge which is acquired under compulsion obtains no hold on the mind.

— Plato

The only real ill-doing is the deprivation of knowledge.

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“Then we shan’t regard anyone as a lover of knowledge or wisdom who is fussy about what he studies…”

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[M]ere knowledge of the truth will not give you the art of persuasion.

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There is far greater peril in buying knowledge than in buying meat and drink.

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The science [geometry] is pursued for the sake of the knowledge of what eternally exists, and not of what comes for a…

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“Socrates: This man, on one hand, believes that he knows something, while not knowing [anything]. On the other hand, I – equally…

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Arithmetic is a kind of knowledge in which the best natures should be trained, and which must not be given up.

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“Bodily exercise, when compulsory, does no harm to the body; but knowledge which is acquired under compulsion obtains no hold on the…

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I know not how I may seem to others, but to myself I am but a small child wandering upon the vast…

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Those who have knowledge are more confident than those who have no knowledge, and they are more confident after they have learned…

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The learning and knowledge that we have,is,at the most,but little compared with that of which we are ignorant.

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Between knowledge of what really exists and ignorance of what does not exist lies the domain of opinion. It is more obscure…

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Moderation, which consists in indifference about little things, and in a prudent and well-proportioned zeal about things of importance, can proceed from…

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Someday, in the distant future, our grandchildren's grandchildren will develop a new equivalent of our classrooms. They will spend many hours in…

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Someday, in the distant future, our grand-children' s grand-children will develop a new equivalent of our classrooms. They will spend many hours…

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And all knowledge, when separated from justice and virtue, is seen to be cunning and not wisdom; wherefore make this your first…

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In things which we know, everyone will trust us ... and we may do as we please, and no one will like…

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So the state founded on natural principles is wise as a whole in virtue of the knowledge inherent in its smallest constituent…

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“Whenever someone, on seeing something, realizes that that which he now sees wants to be like some other reality but falls short…

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A library of wisdom, is more precious than all wealth, and all things that are desirable cannot be compared to it. Whoever…

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Then may we not fairly plead in reply that our true lover of knowledge naturally strives for truth, and is not content…

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The true lover of learning then must his earliest youth, as far as in him lies, desire all truth… He whose desires…

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“Whereas, our argument shows that the power and capacity of learning exists in the soul already; and that just as the eye…

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“This was her original state; and then, as I was saying, and as the lovers of knowledge are well aware, philosophy, seeing…

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“Imagine that the keeper of a huge, strong beast notices what makes it angry, what it desires, how it has to be…

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“[Dialogue between Solon and an Egyptian Priest] In the Egyptian Delta, at the head of which the river Nile divides, there is…

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In the world of knowledge, the essential Form of Good is the limit of our inquiries, and can barely be perceived; but,…

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In the world of knowledge, the idea of good appears last of all, and is seen only with effort.

— Plato