When the mind's eye rests on objects illuminated by truth and reality, it understands and comprehends them, and functions intelligently; but when… — Plato Copy Share Image
You cannot conceive the many without the one...The study of the unit is among those that lead the mind on and turn… — Plato Copy Share Image
Vision, in my view, is the cause of the greatest benefit to us, inasmuch as none of the accounts now given concerning… — Plato Copy Share Image
Any one who has common sense will remember that the bewilderments of the eyes are of two kinds, and arise from two… — Plato Copy Share Image
When a beautiful soul harmonizes with a beautiful form, and the two are cast in one mould, that will be the fairest… — Plato Copy Share Image
The eyes of the soul of the multitudes are unable to endure the vision of the divine. — Plato Copy Share Image
In order to seek one's own direction, one must simplify the mechanics of ordinary, everyday life. — 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