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Geometry Quotes by Plato
- The ludicrous state of solid geometry made me pass over this branch.
- The knowledge of which geometry aims is the knowledge of the eternal.
- At the Egyptian city of Naucratis there was a famous old god whose name was Theuth; the bird which is called the Ibis was sacred…
- The science [geometry] is pursued for the sake of the knowledge of what eternally exists, and not of what comes for a moment into existence,…
- Let no-one ignorant of geometry enter. Said to have been inscribed above the door of Plato's Academy.
- Writing is the geometry of the soul.
- Geometry existed before creation.
- Geometry will draw the soul toward truth and create the spirit of philosophy.
- It is through geometry that one purifies the eye of the soul.
- [Not enough is known about solid geometry] and for two reasons: in the first place, no government places value on it; this leads to a…
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