“There you have Socrates’ wisdom; [b] he himself isn’t willing to teach, but he goes around learning from others and isn’t even… — Plato Copy Share Image
Socrates said that, from above, the Earth looks like one of those twelve-patched leathern balls. — 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
“And Agathon said, It is probable, Socrates, that I knew nothing of what I had said. And yet spoke you beautifully, Agathon,… — 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
Socrates isguilty of corrupting the minds of the young, and of believing indeities of his own invention instead of the gods recognized… — Plato Copy Share Image
That man is wisest who, like Socrates, realizes that his wisdom is worthless — Plato Copy Share Image
The wisest of you men is he who has realized, like Socrates, that in respect of wisdom he is really worthless. — Plato Copy Share Image
“for philosophy, Socrates, if pursued in moderation and at the proper age, is an elegant accomplishment, but too much philosophy is the… — Plato Copy Share Image
I really do not know, Socrates, how to express what I mean. For somehow or other our arguments, on whatever ground we… — Plato Copy Share Image
“SOCRATES: For doing evil to another is the same as injuring him? CRITO: Very true. SOCRATES: Then we ought not to retaliate… — Plato Copy Share Image
“Socrates: This man, on one hand, believes that he knows something, while not knowing [anything]. On the other hand, I – equally… — Plato Copy Share Image
“I thought to myself: I am wiser than this man; neither of us probably knows anything that is really good, but he… — Plato Copy Share Image
“SOCRATES: This, in turn, is to be able to cut up each kind according to its species along its natural joints, and… — Plato Copy Share Image
“...[T]he right way is to give one's attention first to the highest good of the young, just as you expect a good… — Plato Copy Share Image
“Even now I'm well aware that if I allowed myself to listen to him I couldn't resist but would have the same… — Plato Copy Share Image
“... as a breath of wind or some echo rebounds from smooth, hard surfaces and returns to the source from which it… — Plato Copy Share Image
“MENO: And how will you enquire, Socrates, into that which you do not know? What will you put forth as the subject… — Plato Copy Share Image
“Not much time will be gained, O Athenians, in return for the evil name which you will get from the detractors of… — 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
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![“SOCRATES: This, in turn, is to be able to cut up each kind according to its species along its natural joints, and to try not to splinter any part, as a bad butcher might do. In just this way, our two speeches placed all [266] mental derangements into one common kind.” quote by Plato](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/48a/plato-103_quote_socrates-this-in-turn-is-to-be-able-to-c_2104175.jpg)
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