Let no-one ignorant of geometry enter. Said to have been inscribed above the door of Plato's Academy. — Plato Copy Share Image
If a man says that it is right to give every one his due, and therefore thinks within his own mind that… — Plato Copy Share Image
'That is the story. Do you think there is any way of making them believe it?' ' Not in the first generation',… — Plato Copy Share Image
Wonder [said Socrates] is very much the affection of a philosopher; for there is no other beginning of philosophy than this. — Plato Copy Share Image
When a Benefit is wrongly conferred, the author of the Benefit may often be said to injure. — Plato Copy Share Image
... what we can be positive about is what we have just said, namely that they must be given the right education,… — Plato Copy Share Image
Socrates said that, from above, the Earth looks like one of those twelve-patched leathern balls. — Plato Copy Share Image
“…if a man can be properly said to love something, it must be clear that he feels affection for it as a… — Plato Copy Share Image
And what, Socrates, is the food of the soul? Surely, I said, knowledge is the food of the soul. — Plato Copy Share Image
What the expression is intended to mean, I think, is that there is a better and a worse element in the character… — Plato Copy Share Image
[Aristotle] was the most eminent of all the pupils of Plato.... He seceded from Plato while he was still alive; so that… — Plato Copy Share Image
That's what education should be," I said, "the art of orientation. Educators should devise the simplest and most effective methods of turning… — 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
Each living creature is said to be alive and to be the same individual - as for example someone is said to… — Plato Copy Share Image
The good are like one another, and friends to one another; and ... the bad, as is often said of them, are… — Plato Copy Share Image
...that in our state one man was to do one job, and the job he was naturally most suited for .. And… — Plato Copy Share Image
SOCRATES: Perhaps we may be wrong; if so, you in your wisdom should convince us that we are mistaken in preferring justice… — 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