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Philosopher Quotes by Plato
- A dog has the soul of a philosopher.
- Wonder is the feeling of the philosopher, and philosophy begins in wonder.
- Until philosophers are kings, or the kings and princes of this world have the spirit and power of philosophy, and political greatness and wisdom meet…
- There will be no end to the troubles of states,Or of humanity itself,Till philosophers become kings in this world,Or till those we now call kings…
- Until philosophers rule as kings or those who are now called kings and leading men genuinely and adequately philosophise, that is, until political power and…
- I have a theory that you can make any sentence seem profound by writing the name of a dead philosopher at the end of it.
- 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…
- 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…
- Those whose hearts are fixed on Reality itself deserve the title of Philosophers.
- 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…
- 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…
- 'But the man who is ready to taste every form of knowledge, is glad to learn and never satisfied - he's the man who deserves…
- And tell him it's quite true that the best of the philosophers are of no use to their fellows; but that he should blame, not…
- For this feeling of wonder shows that you are a philosopher, since wonder is the only beginning of philosophy.
- Your dog is your only philosopher.
- Only a philosopher's mind grows wings, since its memory always keeps it as close as possible to those realities by being close to which the…
- The philosopher whose dealings are with divine order himself acquires the characteristics of order and divinity.
- Wonder [said Socrates] is very much the affection of a philosopher; for there is no other beginning of philosophy than this.
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