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Knowledge Quotes by Plato
- A good decision is based on knowledge, and not on numbers.
- The knowledge of which geometry aims is the knowledge of the eternal.
- 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…
- Arithmetic is a kind of knowledge in which the best natures should be trained, and which must not be given up.
- Opinion is the medium between knowledge and ignorance.
- In the world of knowledge, the essential Form of Good is the limit of our inquiries, and can barely be perceived; but, when perceived, we…
- Knowledge which is acquired under compulsion obtains no hold on the mind.
- Knowledge becomes evil if the aim be not virtuous.
- And all knowledge, when separated from justice and virtue, is seen to be cunning and not wisdom; wherefore make this your first and last and…
- And what, Socrates, is the food of the soul? Surely, I said, knowledge is the food of the soul.
- Human behavior flows from three main sources: desire, emotion, and knowledge.
- Knowledge is true opinion.
- Moderation, which consists in indifference about little things, and in a prudent and well-proportioned zeal about things of importance, can proceed from nothing but true…
- 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,…
- They assembled together and dedicated these as the first-fruits of their love to Apollo in his Delphic temple, inscribing there those maxims which are on…
- The learning and knowledge that we have,is,at the most,but little compared with that of which we are ignorant.
- And the quality of good judgement is clearly a form of knowledge and skill, as it is because of knowledge and not because of ignorance…
- So the state founded on natural principles is wise as a whole in virtue of the knowledge inherent in its smallest constituent class, which exercises…
- The philosopher is in love with truth, that is, not with the changing world of sensation, which is the object of opinion, but with the…
- There is far greater peril in buying knowledge than in buying meat and drink.
More Knowledge Quotes
- We live in an age of instant knowledge. And there's almost a sense of entitlement to that. — J. J. Abrams
- The one exclusive sign of thorough knowledge is the power of teaching. — Aristotle
- Men of sense often learn from their enemies. It is from their foes, not their friends, that cities learn the lesson of… — Aristophanes
- Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but we… — Aristotle
- Those that know, do. Those that understand, teach. — Aristotle
- All men by nature desire knowledge. — Aristotle
- Salvation means knowing the truth. We do not become anything; we are what we are. Salvation [comes] by faith and not by… — Swami Vivekananda
- Natural ability without education has more often raised a man to glory and virtue than education without natural ability. — Marcus Aurelius