All Plato Quotes
- There's a victory and defeat-the first and best of victories, the lowest and worst of defeats-which each man gains or sustains at the hands not… Best
- Lessons, however, that enter the soul against its will never grow roots and will never be preserved inside it. Education
- The only real ill-doing is the deprivation of knowledge. Deprivation
- Much sleep is not required by nature, either for our souls or bodies, or for the action in which they are concerned. Action
- Those who are able to see beyond the shadows and lies of their culture will never be understood let alone believed by the masses. Able
- Time is the moving imago of the unmoving eternity. Eternity
- The noblest of all studies is the study of what man is and of what life he should live. All
- Man is a prisoner who has no right to open the door of his prison and run away. . . . A man should wait,… Door
- Thinking and spoken discourse are the same thing, except that what we call thinking is, precisely, the inward dialogue carried on by the mind with… Call
- And is there anything more closely connected with wisdom than truth? Closely
- Those whose hearts are fixed on Reality itself deserve the title of Philosophers. Deserve
- When the mind's eye rests on objects illuminated by truth and reality, it understands and comprehends them, and functions intelligently; but when it turns to… Belief
- What is at issue is the conversion of the mind from the twilight of error to the truth, that climb up into the real world… Call
- ...for the object of education is to teach us to love beauty. Beauty
- One trait in the philosopher's character we can assume is his love of the knowledge that reveals eternal reality, the realm unaffected by change and… Assume
- And isn't it a bad thing to be deceived about the truth, and a good thing to know what the truth is? For I assume… Assume
- Truthfulness. He will never willingly tolerate an untruth, but will hate it as much as he loves truth... And is there anything more closely connected… Closely
- The object of knowledge is what exists and its function to know about reality. Exists
- I don't know anything that gives me greater pleasure, or profit either, than talking or listening to philosophy. But when it comes to ordinary conversation,… Absolutely
- Then may we not fairly plead in reply that our true lover of knowledge naturally strives for truth, and is not content with common opinion,… Akin