Geometry will draw the soul toward truth and create the spirit of philosophy. — Plato Copy Share Image
Arithmetic is a kind of knowledge in which the best natures should be trained, and which must not be given up. — Plato Copy Share Image
He is unworthy of the name of man who is ignorant of the fact that the diagonal of a square is incommensurable… — Plato Copy Share Image
I know too well that these arguments from probabilities are imposters, and unless great caution is observed in the use of them,… — Plato Copy Share Image
There still remain three studies suitable for free man. Arithmetic is one of them. — Plato Copy Share Image
Mathematics is like draughts in being suitable for the young, not too difficult, amusing, and without peril to the state. — 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
