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World Quotes by Plato
- Astronomy compels the soul to look upwards and leads us from this world to another.
- 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…
- Whenever a person strives, by the help of dialectic, to start in pursuit of every reality by a simple process of reason, independent of all…
- 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…
- The souls of people, on their way to Earth-life, pass through a room full of lights; each takes a taper - often only a spark…
- Man's music is seen as a means of restoring the soul, as well as confused and discordant bodily afflictions, to the harmonic proportions that it…
- Either death is a state of nothingness and utter consciousness, or, as men say, there is a change and migration of the soul from this…
- No man should bring children into the world who is unwilling to persevere to the end in their nature and education.
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- The soul takes nothing with her to the other world but her education and culture; and these, it is said, are of the greatest service…
- To go to the world below, having a soul which is like a vessel full of injustice, is the last and worst of all the…
- This world is indeed a living being endowed with a soul and intelligence ... a single visible living entity containing all other living entities, which…
- Love is a madness produced by an unsatisfiable rational desire to understand the ultimate truth about the world.
- Give me a different set of mothers and I will give you a different world
- The soul of him who has education is whole and perfect and escapes the worst disease, but, if a man's education be neglected, he walks…
- From a short-sided view, the whole moving contents of the heavens seemed to them a parcel of stones, earth and other soul-less bodies, though they…
- 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…
More World Quotes
- Culture relates to objects and is a phenomenon of the world; entertainment relates to people and is a phenomenon of life. — Hannah Arendt
- The Third World is not a reality but an ideology. — Hannah Arendt
- The defiance of established authority, religious and secular, social and political, as a world-wide phenomenon may well one day be accounted the… — Hannah Arendt
- Aside from a handful of guys boxing is missing the good trainers, that's why our sport is so in the air now… — Alexis Arguello
- You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor. — Aristotle
- No one would choose a friendless existence on condition of having all the other things in the world. — Aristotle
- It is not once nor twice but times without number that the same ideas make their appearance in the world. — Aristotle
- Actually I am very glad that people can buy Armani - even if it's a fake. I like the fact that I'm… — Giorgio Armani