All Plato Quotes
- ...there are some who are naturally fitted for philosophy and political leadership, while the rest should follow their lead and let philosophy alone. Alone
- 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 tell… Called
- Rhythm and harmony enter most powerfully into the inner most part of the soul and lay forcible hands upon it, bearing grace with them, so… Bearing
- Writing is the geometry of the soul. Geometry
- Education in music is most sovereign because more than anything else rhythm and harmony find their way to the innermost soul and take strongest hold… Anything Else
- Music is a defining element of character. Character
- Geometry existed before creation. Creation
- God forever geometrizes. Forever
- To be curious about that which is not one's concern while still in ignorance of oneself is ridiculous. Concern
- There is far greater peril in buying knowledge than in buying meat and drink. Buying
- The wise man will want to be ever with him who is better than himself. Better
- The purpose of education is to give to the body and to the soul all the beauty and all the perfection of which they are… All
- It is not noble to return evil for evil, at no time ought we to do an injury to our neighbors. Evil
- As wolves love lambs so lovers love their loves. Inspirational
- Numbers are the highest degree of knowledge. It is knowledge itself. Degree
- The highest form of pure thought is in mathematics. Form
- I know too well that these arguments from probabilities are imposters, and unless great caution is observed in the use of them, they are apt… Apt
- The true lover of learning then must his earliest youth, as far as in him lies, desire all truth.... He whose desires are drawn toward… Absorbed
- . . . Then anyone who leaves behind him a written manual, and likewise anyone who receives it, in the belief that such writing will… Anyone
- Thinking is the soul talking to itself. Belief