Plato Quotes
- He who can properly define and divide is to be considered a god. Considered
- The ludicrous state of solid geometry made me pass over this branch. Branch
- He is unworthy of the name of man who is ignorant of the fact that the diagonal of a square is incommensurable with its side. Diagonal
- Mathematics is like draughts in being suitable for the young, not too difficult, amusing, and without peril to the state. Amusing
- The knowledge of which geometry aims is the knowledge of the eternal. Aim
- I have hardly ever known a mathematician who was capable of reasoning. Capable
- There still remain three studies suitable for free man. Arithmetic is one of them. Arithmetic
- So their combinations with themselves and with each other give rise to endless complexities, which anyone who is to give a likely account of reality… Account
- The Earth is like one of those balls made of twelve pieces of skin. Balls
- I can show you that the art of calculation has to do with odd and even numbers in their numerical relations to themselves and to… Art
- Arithmetic has a very great and elevating effect, compelling the soul to reason about abstract number, and rebelling against the introduction of visible or tngible… Abstract
- Those who have a natural talent for calculation are generally quick-witted at every other kind of knowledge; and even the dull, if they have had… Advantage
- Arithmetic is a kind of knowledge in which the best natures should be trained, and which must not be given up. Arithmetic
- No intelligent man will ever be so bold as to put into language those things which his reason has contemplated. Bold
- A wise man speaks because he has something to say; a fool because he has to say something. Fool
- Let early education be a sort of amusement. You will then be better able to find out the natural bent. Able
- Our love for our children springs from the soul's greatest yearning for immortality. Children
- The greatest penalty of evil-doing is to grow into the likeness of a bad man. Bad
- Love is a serious mental disease. Disease
- In politics we presume that everyone who knows how to get votes knows how to administer a city or a state. When we are ill...… Administer